[lbo-talk] Brazil gets cut-price Aids drug

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Tue Jul 10 15:44:41 PDT 2007


BBC News

Last Updated: Thursday, 5 July 2007

Brazil gets cut-price Aids drug http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6272044.stm

By Gary Duffy BBC News, Sao Paulo

[Brazil has reached similar deals after threatening to break patents]

Brazil has accepted an offer from a manufacturer of an important anti-Aids drug to cut its price by around 30%.

The deal with Abbott over its drug Kaletra was hailed by Brazil's health minister as an example to other companies around the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6272044.stm



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