This blog contains posts and comments written by students in Dr. Tufte's economics classes at Southern Utah University.
3/29/2006
Pharmaceutical companies and AIDS in Africa
Pharmaceutical companies dropped their lawsuit that was designed to stop African countries from importing cheap copies of patented drugs. Africans were pleased with the decision stating even the discounted drugs the companies were offering were too expensive. Now more Africans will be able to get the needed drugs to help fight the disease which is becoming an epidemic.
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-1 on Cole's comment.
I think this is just throwing a bone to activist groups. There isn't any way to get around this move having a lot of negatives for these firms.
Big pharma is run my people with sound business sense, and with PR firms who counsel them.-Daniel Haszard
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