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. 2012 Aug 28;6(8):e1750. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001750

Table 1. Ranked considerations for initiating and continuing a neglected tropical disease (NTD) project.

(A) Ranked considerations for initiating an NTD project (B) Ranked considerations for continuing an NTD project
Rank All companies(n = 12) “small” companies(<60 FTEs, n = 7) “large” companies(>500 FTEs, n = 5) All companies(n = 11) “small” companies(<60 FTEs, n = 6) “large” companies(>500 FTEs, n = 5)
1 Developing world or emerging markets Developing world or emerging markets Employee morale Developing world or emerging markets Developing world or emerging markets Employee morale
2 Goodwill and corporate social responsibility Developed world markets Goodwill and corporate social responsibility Developed world markets Developed world markets Goodwill and corporate social responsibility
3 Non-market-based incentives Non-market-based incentives/Priority review voucher Developing world or emerging markets/Non-market-based incentives Non-market-based incentives/Employee morale Non-market-based incentives/Priority review voucher Non-market-based incentives/Developing world or emerging markets
4 Priority review voucher Goodwill and corporate social responsibility Priority review voucher Goodwill and corporate social responsibility Goodwill and corporate social responsibility Developed world markets
5 Employee morale/Developed world markets Employee morale Developed world markets Priority review voucher Employee morale Priority review voucher

Potential market value in “developing world or emerging markets” was the top-ranked reason for initiating and continuing an NTD project. Responses for the importance of the six individual, commonly referenced factors were weighted on a scale of 0 to 3 (“not considered” = 0; “minor consideration” = 1; “strong consideration” = 2; “major consideration” = 3), and comparative rankings were created based on cumulative scores for each factor. Rankings are also broken down into “large” companies (>500 FTEs) and “small” companies (<60 FTEs). The number (n) of companies that responded is also indicated; one small company did not respond to the survey question that supplied the data for (B).