Last week, an expert panel commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its findings on the organization’s mishandling of the West African Ebola epidemic. The epidemic, already the deadliest in history with more than 27,000 cases and over 11,000 deaths, is now in its sixteenth month with new cases still occurring in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The panel’s report characterized the WHO’s “organizational culture” as inadequate for emergency response and, among its recommendations, underscored the need for more effective mechanisms for “research and development” of new approaches.