SINGAPORE NOVARTIS INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL DISEASES

Alex Matter, Director of the new Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, stands in front of an institute's laboratory in Singapore, on Sunday, July 4, 2004. Novartis opened Monday, July 5, 2004, the Novartis Instiute for Tropical Diseases in Singapore's new Biopolis research facilitiy. It's a non-profit inititaive in drug discovery for neglected diseases. (AP Photo/Keystone/Markus Stuecklin)