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Article: Confronting the global threat of avian flu.(CEO WATCH)
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- Chief Executive (U.S.)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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George B. Abercrombie, president and CEO of Hoffmann-La Roche in Nutley, N.J., speaks out about his concern over the strong possibility of a worldwide avian flu pandemic and our seeming inability to thwart it.
Why is this a major issue with you?
I've spent the past four years living with it. I met with the President's domestic policy adviser and Tommy Thompson and Mike Leavitt, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], and with the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. I'm convinced, as they are, that the single biggest catastrophic global health threat is an avian flu pandemic.
The H5N1 virus ...