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US Cuts Could Jeopardize Global Health Innovations, Says Report

By Julian Upton | Published: February 20, 2013
Cuts to US global health and research programs for diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria risk derailing the innovations crucial to fighting these diseases, according a new report by the Global Health Technologies Coalition.
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Witty Proposes Price Cap for Poor Nations

By Cassandra Blohowiak | Published: February 18, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty proposed Friday to slash drug prices in the world’s 50 poorest countries and reinvest 20 percent of the profits in bolstering local health care. In a speech at Harvard Medical School Friday, Witty said drug prices will be capped at 25 percent of what they cost in developed nations. He also [...]
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