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Drug Development
WHO develops priorities for drug research, including expected flu vaccines
December 12th, 2004
The world is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little research into the development of vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Developing flu vaccines was high on a priority list released by the U.N. agency, which recommended policies to encourage drug production for diseases that have been overlooked because of poor sales potential or because research has been inadequate. WHO listed 17 illnesses, ranging from Alzheimer to tuberculosis to alcoholic liver disease, which need urgent attention. The report was commissioned by the...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004-12-12)
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