Funding for Medical Research

 Please follow the link to the TED TALK below and answer these questions:

1. What was your impression of the talk?
2. Were you convinced by his ideas?
3. What are the difficulties in creating new cancer drugs?
4. Why do a third of all new drugs not pass testing for toxicity?
5. Do you think using the capital markets is a good way to fund medical research?

Ted Talk


Now please choose a title from below and make a small presentation for class:

• Using capital markets is good for medical research.
• Using capital markets is bad for medical research.
• Using capital markets in non-medical research.
• The role of government funding in academic research.
• The role of the market place in academic research.
• Traditional forms of academic research funding.