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From product development and regulatory pathways to access models and health service delivery, the way we assess and use medical innovation is geared towards therapeutics. New opportunities, arising from a deeper understanding of disease mechanisms and advances in diagnostics, allow for an enhanced public health model, with a shift from treatment to prevention. Unless we refocus and renew our systems, the full potential of preventive interventions will never be realized.
Key points:
- Prevention is a powerful tool in public health with potential to improve lives and support health service sustainability;
- Preventive health goes beyond lifestyle change to include immunization and medicines that reduce the risk of illness;
- Established systems are designed for therapeutic interventions and may be suboptimal for prevention strategies;
- New regulatory and access approaches are needed.
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