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Nature 440, 605 (30 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440605d; Published online 29 March 2006

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Populations who test drugs should benefit from them

Sanjay Basu1, Jason Andrews1 & Duncan Smith-Rohrberg1

  1. Yale University School of Medicine, 129 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA

Paul Herrling, in his Commentary article "Experiments in social responsibility" (Nature 439, 267–268; 2006), describes pharmaceutical companies moving towards a more progressive approach to drug development and distribution in poor countries. But it is important to note that, even when research in developing nations leads to effective treatments, there is still the danger of local populations being exploited.

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