The proposed research questions and scoring criteria were
refined by a small group of 14 experts who were invited by
the WHO to participate in a two–day workshop. Each
question was assigned to a domain and a technical area.
The first of the three domains was “discovery”, which included
research aimed at finding new solutions such as
new medicines, vaccines or other preventive interventions,
or new diagnostics. The second domain was “development”,
which included research questions aimed at improving
existing interventions, reducing their costs or