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