Infectious Disease Technologies Could Open Investment Opportunities in 2012: Stephen Dunn

The Life Sciences Report: Why is there such a disproportionate amount of effort and resources targeting oncology versus infectious disease? Stephen Dunn: Most people don’t realize that globally more people die from infectious diseases than from cancer. We currently think of cancer as a terminal disease of the developed world while we believe infectious diseases are a third-world problem and are treatable if only they had proper access to medical care. The fact of the matter is that increasing human population density combined with cheaper global travel between poor and developed regions has magnified the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in the developed world. Even now, our community and healthcare facilities are seeing all sorts of new strains of . . . → Read More: Infectious Disease Technologies Could Open Investment Opportunities in 2012: Stephen Dunn