Quickie Link [1]: Thailand To Break HIV Drug Patents [2]

By : vanrozenheim on Jan 26, 2007 - 04:17 PM
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(Bangkok) Thailand's public health minister next week will announce details of government plans to break the patents on two drugs, reportedly one used to treat HIV/AIDS and another for heart disease, a ministry official said Thursday. The official was responding to reports in the Thai press that Public Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla had said that Thailand would declare compulsory licensing for at least two drugs because their high cost constituted a crisis for the health sector.

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