In Bonn the Northern Alliance will face an array of mainly Pushtun groups, drawn primarily from the ranks of exiles rather than from the new power-brokers inside Afghanistan.

ECONOMIST: Special report

The new generation of patient power brokers sprang from the frustrated mind of CF Foundation President Robert Beall in the mid-1990s.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Inspired by the CFF's success, patient groups with an entrepreneurial bent have become the drug industry's new power brokers.

FORBES: Magazine Article