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Foreign Desk
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2003, Wednesday By ANDREW POLLACK (NYT) 705 words Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 6 , Column 6 ABSTRACT - Federal government is trying to enlist drug makers and biotechnology companies in search for drugs and vaccines to fight SARS, respiratory illness that has sickened thousands of people and killed 154, but may run into same problems it has been having trying to recruit companies to develop defenses against bioterrorism agents; drug companies have not become involved in biodefense efforts because it is unclear how big overall market will be for such drugs and vaccines; may be similarly reluctant to take on 5- or 10-year research program for SARS, which may turn out to be self-limiting epidemic (M) The government is trying to enlist drug makers and biotechnology companies in the search for drugs and vaccines to fight SARS, the respiratory illness that has sickened thousands of people and killed 154. But some analysts say the government will have some of the same
problems it has been having trying to recruit companies to develop
defenses against bioterrorism agents.
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