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Health Affairs, 28, no. 6 (2009): 1774-1777 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.1774 © 2009 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Expanding The Biopharmaceutical Industry’s Involvement In Fighting Neglected Diseases

James A. Geraghty

The increasingly recognized need for new products for so-called neglected diseases, which afflict large numbers of people but have received relatively little industry investment, presents a clear example of a "strategic" corporate responsibility. Addressing neglected diseases can be important to "health diplomacy" and other national interests as well. Because industrial capabilities are essential to the development of new drugs and vaccines for these diseases, specific policy initiatives to attract more companies to do such work should also be further developed.

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