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by throwaway729 3564 days ago
I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean by "achieves their targets by reducing the total burden of disease on humanity". Or maybe I just don't understand the difference between this as merely "achieves their targets by selling useful treatments to people"?

Could to elaborate?

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A malaria vaccine would make no commercial sense but would be a huge reduction in the total burden of disease. That's what I mean.