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Grids open exciting perspectives for handling information l ows.
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Grids provide the resources to speed up the execution of time-
consuming software.
Grids offer unprecedented opportunities for resource sharing and
collaboration:
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The sharing of resources in a cross-organizational collaboration
space between the pharmaceutical industry and academic research
institutions, and between developed and least developed countries
The creation of a virtual laboratory for the different actors, increas-
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ing cooperation and communication between partners
The mobilization of resources routinely or in an emergency
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The sharing of diverse, complex, large, and distributed informa-
tion for collaborative exploration and mutual benei t
The use of new information technology such as large databases or
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time-consuming software
The optimal exploitation of resources by taking advantage of spare
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computing cycles or by maximizing the use of high-performance
computing platforms usage
The reduction of hardware costs
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Grids also open exciting perspectives for handling information l ows:
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The deployment of services for healthcare and research centers in
endemic regions
The deployment of infrastructures to collect data and improve
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disease surveillance and monitoring
The building of knowledge space with genomics and medical
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information (epidemiology, status of clinical tests, drug resis-
tances, etc.)
Access to relevant data, periodically updated databases, and
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publications
The federation of regional or international databases for disease
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study and monitoring of vector control, clinical trials, and drug
delivery
The provision of transparent and secure access to storage and
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the archiving of large amounts of data in an automated and self-
organized fashion
Connection, analysis, and structuring of data and information in
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a transparent mode according to predei ned rules (science or busi-
ness process based)
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