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Organization - University of Toronto
Grant Amount - $200,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - for use by its Joint Centre for Bioethics toward the costs of a study on the manufacturing capacity of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in developing countries, as well as local incentives and disincentives that impact their willingness and ability to address diseases of the poor


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