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Big pharma to stop Bolivian dengue fever spread

 
• By Becky Debens

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Abbott Laboratories and Baxter Healthcare have joined the charity Direct Relief International to help stop the spread of dengue fever in Bolivia.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Abbott Laboratories and Baxter Healthcare have joined the charity Direct Relief International to help stop the spread of dengue fever in Bolivia.

McNeil, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, will provide its analgesic Tylenol (acetaminophen (paracetamol)) for use in up to 11,500 cases of dengue

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