Open Development Models

Open Develpment Models for Medical and Scientific Research

December 4, 2003. WORKSHOP ON ACCESS TO MEDICINES AND THE FINANCING OF INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE. Hosted by the Program on Science, Technology, and Global Development, the Earth Institute at Columbia University; and the The Consumer Project on Technology.

Open Models for Publishing

Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- PLoS Medicine
- May 5, 2004 PLOS press release. Public Library of Science to launch international open-access medical journal.
UK House of Commons, Science and Technology Committee
- Tenth Report of Session 2003-04. Scientific Publications: Free for all?
- November 8, 2004. Science and Technology Committee press release. MPs Condemn Government Response to Scientific Publications Report.
- News Stories
  - November 9, 2004. Stephen Pincock for the Scientist. UK setback for open access.
  - November 8, 2004. Shaoni Bhattacharya for the New Scientist. UK government 'obstructing' open-access publishing.
Science and Development Network
- Science and Development Network Page on Open Access and Scientific Publishing.
- March 5, 2004. Subbiah Arunachalam for the Science and Development Network. India's March Towards Open Access.
Wellcome Trust
- October 1, 2003. Wellcome Trust. A position statement by the Wellcome Trust in support of open access publishing.
- October 1, 2003. Wellcome Trust press release. Report highlights scientific publishing concerns.
March 16, 2004. Washington D.C. Principles For Free Access to Science. A Statement from Not-for-Profit Publishers.
Directory of Open Access Journals
News Stories
- December 8, 2004. Bernard Wysocki for the Wall Street Journal. Medical Publishers Propose Data Sharing - Industry Aims to Head Off Government Bid to Open Up Scientific Studies to Public.
- November 10, 2004. Letters to the editor in response to the Oct. 28 story below.
- October 28, 2004. Bernard Wysocki Jr. for the Wall Street Journal. Publishers Oppose Plan For Free Access To Scientific Research.
- July 20, 2004. Stephen Pincock for the Scientist. UK committee backs open access - Politicians urge the government to insist on free archiving of scientific papers.
- June 26, 2004 Pamela Burdman for the New York Times. A Quiet Revolt Puts Costly Journals on Web.
- April 19, 2004. Victoria Stagg Elliot for the American Medical News. Journal free for all: The electronic future of scientific publishing.
- March 29, 2004. David Dickson for SciDev.net. Developing-country researchers get 'open access' boost.
- November, 2003. Interview of Harold Varmus in the Scientist. Freedom fighter.
- October 27, 2003. Keay Davidson for the San Francisco Chronicle. Bay Area leads revolt against scientific journals: Scientists call for boycott, launch open-access project.
- October 22, 2003. Ned Stafford for the Scientist. Open access Europe: Leading centers say they'll encourage researchers to publish in open-access journals.
- October 9, 2003. Declan Bulter for Nature Magazine. Scientific publishing: Who will pay for open access?
- October 9, 2003. Letter to the editor of Nature by John Ewing. 'Open access' will not be open to everyone.
- June 30, 2003. Helen Gavaghan for the Scientist. Open-access publishing finds official favor.

H.R. 2613 - Public Access to Science Act

June 26, 2003. Full text of the Bill as Introduced in the House
June 26, 2003. Press release from Rep. Sabo's office. Sabo Introduces Legislation Making Federally Funded Research Accessible to the Public.

NIH Roadmap: Accelerating Medical Discovery to Improve Health

"Roadmap" Home Page.
Overview of Public Private Partnerships.
September 30, 2003. Press release. NIH Announces Strategy to Accelerate Medical Research Progress.
News Stories on this initiative:
- October 1, 2003. Earl Lane for Newsday. Improving Benefits of Research.
- October 1, 2003. Robert Pear for the New York Times. Health Agency Taking Steps to Speed Results of Research.
- October 1, 2003. Rick Weis for the Washington Post. Cross-Pollination in Pursuit of Cures: NIH Launches Drive to Increase Collaboration Among Scientific Disciplines

Misc.

February 3, 2005. NIH press release. NIH Calls on Scientists to Speed Public Release of Research Publications Online Archive Will Make Articles Accessible to the Public.
September 29, 2004. Sharon Begley for the Wall Street Journal. Anxious for Cures, Grant Givers Turn More Demanding - To Speed Discovery Process, Scientists Must Share Data As Condition for Funding - An Ex-CEO Tackles His Illness.
August, 2004. Stephen M. Maurer, Arti Rai, and Andrej Sali. Finding Cures for Tropical Diseases: Is Open Source an Answer?

December 15, 2003. South Centre Bulletin #70. This is the first of two issues of the South Bulletin to focus on open access to information.
November 15, 2004. Cora Daniels for Fortune Magazine. The Man Who Changed Medicine.
November 14, 2004, Eduardo Porter for the New York Times. Do New Drugs Always Have to Cost So Much?
July 12, 2004. Op-ed by Robert Shapiro for the International Herald Tribune. Patents are part of the solution, not the problem.
June 23, 2004. Working Paper by Aidan Hollis, University of Calgary. An Efficient Reward System for Pharmaceutical Innovation.
June 12, 2004. The Economist. An Open-Source Shot In the Arm?
March 1, 2004. Malcolm Wheatley for CIO Magazine. The Myths of Open Source.
December 10, 2003. National Human Genome Research Institute (part of NIH). Chimp Genome Assembled by Sequencing Centers.
December 1, 2002. Anna Salleh for the Australian Broadcasting Company. Push to free up biotech tools for all.
October 24, 2003. Mark Ingebretsen for the Wall Street Journal. Open-Source Model Challenges Traditional Biomedical Research.
September/October 2003. Kenneth Neil Cukier. Acumen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume I, Issue 3. Open Source Biotech: Can a non-proprietary approach to intellectual property work in the life sciences?
September 19, 2003. David Dickson for the Science and Development Network. Cancún's failure raises need for collaborative science.
June 19, 2003. Representative Kucinich in the Nation. The Case for Public Patents.

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