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War in the Middle East will impact neglected disease R&D globally
13 March 2026Conflict-driven oil price surges from the Iran war will raise biomedical R&D costs, threatening to translate directly into reduced research activity. This shock severely undermines the already fragile, underfunded global R&D pipeline for neglected diseases.