PDPs achieve impact by developing products appropriate for the people and contexts in which they will be used

To maximize impact, PDPs closely and continuously engage with local communities, care providers, researchers, and policy makers to ensure they are designing products for use in the settings where they are most needed, which are often low-resource environments. This means prioritizing product attributes such as low cost of goods, manageable dosing schedules, easily administrable forms of treatments, stability in warm environments without need for refrigeration, sustainable low-footprint methods of production, resistance-breaking mechanisms, and long shelf lives.