WHO to endorse triple-dose AIDS drugs - paper

[Whoa_Nelly]

WHO to endorse triple-dose AIDS drugs - paper

Reuters, 10.25.03, 12:52 AM ET


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will endorse controversial generic triple-dose AIDS drugs next week, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

WHO will support distributing the pills, which could violate drug company patents, as part of a plan to get the lifesaving drugs to poor people, the newspaper said.


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On Thursday four generic drug companies agreed to make HIV drugs available to millions of people in African and Caribbean nations at about half the current price.

Former President Bill Clinton help negotiate the deal under which generic drugs would be offered at $140 per person a year.

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http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2003/10/25/rtr1122985.html

[lfairban]

1. Oh, that WHO!

I thought you meant,



. . . never mind.