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General News 1/2/2007 at 3:41 PM EST

Scientists find way to slash cost of drugs

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Two UK-based academics have devised a way to invent new medicines and get them to market at a fraction of the cost charged by big drug companies, enabling millions in poor countries to be cured of infectious diseases and potentially slashing the NHS drugs bill.

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