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CEO Addresses California Business Leaders About Developing Pandemic and Business Continuity Plans

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 8th, 2007

George Abercrombie, president and chief executive officer, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., told more than 100 LA-area business leaders today that the threat of a pandemic flu presents businesses with challenges unlike those anticipated with traditional emergency preparedness plans.

"While California businesses are all too familiar with preparing for potential disasters such as earthquakes," according to Abercrombie, "local businesses need to look at the special challenges posed by the potential of a public health crisis caused by a global influenza pandemic, especially those business that are unique to California, like its motion picture and tourist industries."

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