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Prashant Yadav

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Better health & economic development through better supply chains, globally. #globalhealth #supplychain #pharmaceuticals #vaccine #access

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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A new report by @cfr.org @tombollyky.bsky.social @rushdoshi.bsky.social @prof-yadav.bsky.social , Olivia Kosloff & Elena Every on the risks of China weaponizing pharma supply chains as a tool of economic or political coercion. www.cfr.org/reports/the-...
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The Pharma Choke Point | Council on Foreign Relations
The U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain faces a threat equal to the rare-earths challenge already posed by China’s exploitation of its dominance of those critical minerals. The authors provide a model th...
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 04/06/2026
SCIENCE, SUPPLY CHAINS, GEOECONOMICS, AND POLICY INCENTIVES The Pharma Choke Point: How to Reduce U.S. Dependence on Chinese Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Supply Chains Important new study from @tombollyky.bsky.social, @rushdoshi.bsky.social, @prof-yadav.bsky.social & Olivia Kosloff
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The Pharma Choke Point | Council on Foreign Relations
The U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain faces a threat equal to the rare-earths challenge already posed by China’s exploitation of its dominance of those critical minerals. The authors provide a model th...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
With Nexplanon, NuvaRing, Follistim, & many other products, Organon (formerly Merck) is a significant player in women’s health. Hoping Sun Pharma and Dr. Sanghvi’s team preserve that focus, build on it further, and expand the portfolio's distribution + market reach www.wsj.com/business/dea...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Gulf is a key pharma transit hub incl. API shipments via Suez & bi-directional air cargo. While global effects may seem muted, markets with tighter working capital credit and liquidity will feel the impact. @axios.com story below thanks for incl my take. @cfr.org www.axios.com/2026/04/09/i...
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Pharma fallout from Iran war won't end with ceasefire
Effects could be felt for months in the form on higher prices for generic drugs and spot shortages.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Short-term liquidity and FX are critical for keeping the supply chains for fuel, LNG, food, fertilizer, and pharmaceuticals running. Great initiative @AfreximBank @GeorgeElombi afreximbank.com/afreximbank-...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I joined the Morning Drive on MiraBusinessFM, UAE’s business talk radio station, to discuss how GCC airport and port closures linked to the Iran war are impacting pharmaceutical and medical supply chains. @cfr.org podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/w...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I joined the Medicine and Science podcast by the @bmj.com @bmjmedicine.bsky.social to discuss the potential impact of the Iran war on pharmaceutical and medical device supply chains. #Iran #war #pharmaceutical #supplychain podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/h...
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How the war in Iran will disrupt medical supplies around the world
Podcast Episode · Medicine and Science from The BMJ · 20 March · 34min
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This morning, I joined Tommy Tucker 's morning radio show on WWL Radio in the New Orleans and greater Gulf Coast region to discuss the potential impacts of the Iran war on pharmaceutical and medical device supply chains @cfr.org #Iran #war #pharma #SupplyChain #helium www.audacy.com/wwl/podcasts...
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Think Global Health @thinkglobalhealth.org · 17/03/2026
The Iran war is disrupting global supply chains, including those for critical medicines. To ensure the timely delivery of products, pharmaceutical companies are actively targeting unconventional routes, explain @prof-yadav.bsky.social and Anya Hirschfeld.
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Where the Iran War Could Disrupt Pharmaceutical Supply Chains | Think Global Health
Pharmaceutical company executives are responding to the immediate supply-chain threats by targeting unconventional routes
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Business school professors’ picks
Topical FT articles and suggested classroom questions
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
(ft.com/content/a0e80f5d-4c42-443d-9788-2f9924c774bf) Applying the vending-machine model to healthcare raises interesting questions. I wrote a short discussion note for today’s @FT B-School Prof Picks. Link to the note + discussion questions in next tweet.
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Japan loses its thirst for vending machines
Drinks companies cut networks as rising costs and driver shortages undermine business model
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Grateful to @WWLAMFM & Tommy Tucker for continuing to bring healthcare+pharma to NOLA and Gulf Coast listeners, and having me back on the show. This morning, I joined to discuss GLP-1 medications, orals, compounding pharmacies. 👇 link to the 15-minute segment. @cfr.org audacy.com/podcast/wwl-...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
For more on pregnancy testing using Xenopus @edyong209.bsky.social 's 2017 article @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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How a Frog Became the First Mainstream Pregnancy Test
In the 1950s, if a woman wanted to know if she was pregnant, she needed to get her urine injected into a frog.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Before Margaret Crane and Organon's pregnancy test, and long before ClearBlue, in mid 1930s, South African scientists pioneered human pregnancy testing using the Xenopus frog. 👇Matt Lubin's article on the history of Xenopus. press.asimov.com/articles/xen...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
With expanded authority & funding, the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) can be a vital tool for US engagement in global health. 👇 Some ideas on how it can simultaneously advance US health security & improve health outcomes where most needed. @cfr.org www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/what...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
www.ft.com/content/8232... cc: @hannahkuchler.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social @laurenjyoung.bsky.social @natashaloder.bsky.social @michaelmina.bsky.social
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The race to launch a pill for weight loss
Despite success with injectable drugs pharma companies are investing heavily in tablets, long considered the holy grail of obesity medicine
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Novo had been working on peptide oral absorption pathways for a very long time, and its bet on SNAC and Emisphere paid off. Important to recall that SNAC was given GRAS status by the FDA when it was approved in the VitB12 formulation in 2014. Reminds us of the benefits of "obliquity" in pharma R&D.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
As a supply chain optimizer, I am not super excited when only <5% of the API manufactured actually contributes to the effect (i.e. in oral formulations).
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Higher dosing with oral GLP-1s means higher API demand → raises API supply constraint questions (likely resolved for US supply, but depends on global demand projections). On the flip side, oral dosing removes supply constraints tied to cartridges/pen devices.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
A lot of excitement around FDA approval of oral semaglutide for weight loss. Re-sharing an @FT article from Oct (to which I contributed perspectives). Gets into the history of obesity meds, higher oral dosing, API demand, SNAC history & more. 🧵👇(1/5) #oral #GLP1 #supplychain ft.com/content/8232...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Regardless of politics, it's fair to say the Trump admin has pushed pharma to rethink pricing, manufacturing & DTC models. Interesting to see each CEO’s flagship example: GSK—Asthma inhalers; Gilead—Lenacapavir; Roche—Xofluza; BMS—Eliquis; Merck—CVD/PCSK9 . #pharma #pricing #MFN
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The $4.6 billion US pledge to the Global Fund shows the United States' willingness to continue playing an important role in Global Health and to support multilateral agencies that meet certain criteria. thinkglobalhealth.org/article/the-...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Since Jan 21, an unprecedented $480B of clinical and commercial biopharma capacity expansion has been announced in the US by leading pharmaceutical companies. We analyze its upstream effects on bioequipment manufacturing earnings and share prices. @cfr.org www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/trac...
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Tracking Pharma's Progress on U.S. Onshoring Efforts to Avoid Tariffs | Think Global Health
To avoid tariffs, drug giants committed more than $480 billion to U.S.-based production. Two indicators gauge whether the pledges are real
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
👇read some of my thoughts re pharma manufacturing quality enforcement reform in India. @healthbeat.org by William Herkewitz @cfr.org #India #pharma #quality #enforcement #improvement www.healthbeat.org/2025/10/23/g...
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Global Health Checkup: Deadly cough syrup brings reckoning for India pharma oversight
A fifth of the world's generic drugs and over half of all vaccines are made in India, where children have died after taking toxic cough syrup. Here's what's being done about it. Plus: biodiversity los...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Declarations Without Delivery: Weighing UN Plans for NCD Medicine Access | Think Global Health
International commitments to expand access to noncommunicable disease medicines have been slow to create impact
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
With 43 million deaths/ y (73% in LMICs) due to #NCDs, we need operational implementation, not just declarations. Pragmatic delivery systems to supply medicines, and smarter demand forecasting are 2 simple ones to start with. My short article after the UNGA-HLM on NCDs. jointly with Aly Martinez.
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 11/08/2025
Thomas Bollyky, Chloe Searchinger, and @prof-yadav.bsky.social discuss the United States’ growing dependence on foreign sources for critical medicines—and call on policymakers to diversify the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain:
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America’s Pill Problem
Tariffs won’t fix the country’s reliance on foreign medicines.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Since 2020, I have frequently joined Tommy Tucker and WWL Radio's morning show to discuss pharmaceutical supply issues for their listeners in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast. This morning, we talked about the Trump Administration’s pharmaceutical tariffs @cfr.org audacy.com/podcast/wwl-...
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 22/07/2025
The United States’ growing dependence on foreign drugs puts national security at risk—but imposing high tariffs on essential generic medicines will not make the country safer, argue @prof-yadav.bsky.social and Thomas Bollyky.
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America’s Pill Problem
Tariffs won’t fix the country’s reliance on foreign medicines.
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 05/08/2025
The United States’ growing dependence on foreign drugs puts national security at risk—but imposing high tariffs on essential generic medicines will not make the country safer, argue @prof-yadav.bsky.social, Chloe Searchinger, and Thomas Bollyky.
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America’s Pill Problem
Tariffs won’t fix the country’s reliance on foreign medicines.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Procuring #pandemic #countermeasures needs new skills, smarter contracts & higher risk tolerance. Demand is highly volatile, suppliers may be new, production incentives are weak, & often need #procurement before reg approval. Key themes I shared at the recent ADB symposium on pandemics. @cfr.org
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
On 11 July 2025, the Asian Development Bank will host a Symposium on Multilateral Financing for Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Manila. The symposium features a session on procurement for medical countermeasures. You can also join us via Zoom: lnkd.in/ei7zKtX6.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The US needs to address the lack of supply resilience for critical generic medicines. But it needs other tools of industrial policy (hint: not tariffs). @jaredshopkins.bsky.social @wsj.com www.wsj.com/health/pharm... Thanks for including my thoughts. #generic #pharma #supplychain #resilience
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Amid #WHA78, the WHS session on “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmented World” sparked some key reflections for me. Grateful to @Ilona Kickbusch for thoughtful questions on trade, industrial policy, & global health. Hope it sparks a continued dialogue. 👇images copyright World Health Summit
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
If you are in Geneva at #WHA78 join us for this @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social #WHS side event "Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World." 📍 InterContinental Hotel - Ballroom A 🗓️ May 21, 2025 | 17:00 CEST 👉 Full program here: lnkd.in/dUbBEV8W @cfr.org
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Think Global Health @thinkglobalhealth.org · 16/05/2025
CFR Senior Fellow @prof-yadav.bsky.social analyzes how the White House's executive order to lower drug prices by invoking a most-favored-nation clause could have cascading effects on medicine access in low-income countries.
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Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries | Think Global Health
Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines
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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The U.S. executive order on most-favored-nation drug pricing could have cascading implications for global health agencies serving LMICs. It could undermine mechanisms that enable affordable access to essential medicines. - @prof-yadav.bsky.social
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Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries | Think Global Health
Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries | Think Global Health
Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The new US Exec Order on pharma MFN pricing sticks to high-income countries (thankfully). But it risks reigniting broader MFN demands by MICs, jeopardizing low-tier prices critical for access in low-income countries. I unpack this in my latest ThinkGlobalHealth @cfr.org piece. (Link in next post) 👇
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Some other discussion points re tiered pricing, comparing company-led tiered pricing vs more systematically established bands (not directly related to the MFN clause) that we have deliberated in the past. cgdev.org/sites/defaul...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
In 👇 we argue that each country would pay a price pharmaceuticals that is commensurate with the value it provides to that country's health system. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32185365/
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
👇 link to a 2010 study conducted for the Industry Government Forum on Access to Medicines to review current literature on differential pricing, under what conditions does it improve overall welfare, and some operational/practical considerations. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a78b6...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Creating a single price for pharmaceuticals (through MFN) is both inefficient and inequitable. There is sufficient and strong evidence for this. Also, an MFN clause hurts the poorest countries the most. Links to my review studies and past work on this are in the following posts.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Adding GLP-1s to the WHO-EML could transform access in LMICs. Challenging..but vital if we’re serious about accelerating access to breakthrough health tech in LMICs. @petersinger.bsky.social @verowirtz.bsky.social reuters.com/business/hea...
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Exclusive: WHO set to back use of weight-loss drugs for adults globally, raises cost issue
The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday shows, marking a shift in its approach to treating the global health problem.
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The i3 program for African health startups is back for Phase 2! After backing 60 early-stage startups in Phase 1, we’re now supporting 7 growth-stage companies using innovative tech to improve pharmacy access for patients. 7 outstanding companies and founders ... #Africa #healthtech #i3 #pharmacy
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Rwanda is emerging as a leading example of building world-class digitalization+ tech into the health system. Driven by strong govt commitment & health sector leadership; national ID & insurance systems; expanded broadband access at clinics; and the support of nimble, responsive, and trusted partners
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Since 2020, I’ve been grateful to WWL Radio (which covers across New Orleans and the Gulf Coast) for having me on their morning show to discuss pharmaceutical supply issues. ~Last week, we covered questions around potential #pharmaceutical #tariffs. audacy.com/podcast/wwl-...
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Honored to be on the Scientific Advisory Board of the #WorldVaccineCongress, which brings together top vaccine experts. Thanks to the panelists + engaged audience at this session on vaccine thermostability, from upstream tech to last-mile delivery. #vaccine #thermostability #supplychain
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Prashant Yadav @prof-yadav.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Trump’s ‘reshoring’ ambitions threatened by tariff chaos
Companies have pledged to build factories in the US but are wary of committing long-term investment while trade policy is unclear
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