> So this whole thing about AIDs patents, in the end, amounts to
Brazil hard
> bargaining and finally getting a lower price. Here then is the power
of a
> state and the way it surpassess what even the most militant and
active
> activist group can achieve. ACT UP has demanded lower prices and
never
> gotten a cut like this.
>
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Brazil should just ignore the patent regime; drug prices are only
going to get worse until research costs drop significantly. THE
WIPO/WTO patent regime sucks.
Ian