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Drug Companies To Donate Vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 15th, 2000

Four major drug companies planned to announce at the White House on March 2, 2000, that they are donating millions of doses of vaccines - worth more than $150 million - to combat infectious diseases in needy countries.

The companies also will pledge to step up research and development on vaccines for HIV/AIDS and malaria. U.S. president Clinton has proposed a $1 billion tax credit over 10 years to encourage the development of such vaccines.

Clinton is to meet with leaders of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, foundations and international organizations, and the public health community as part of his campaign to speed the development of...

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