Brazil broke the patents for some anti-aids drugs. First, we negotiate the prices with the labs, they refuse to provide an acceptable price, then the patent were broke for the sake of thousands of people.
"Under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, a nation can break drug patents if there is a national emergency."
At the time, we receive nice comments from leaders from all over the world, including Tony Blair in an MTV program.
read more on:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4059147.stmhttp://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/08/22/ aids.drug/
This is my first comment, and sorry about the poor english.
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Brazil broke the patents for some anti-aids drugs. First, we negotiate the prices with the labs, they refuse to provide an acceptable price, then the patent were broke for the sake of thousands of people. "Under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, a nation can break drug patents if there is a national emergency." At the time, we receive nice comments from leaders from all over the world, including Tony Blair in an MTV program. read more on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4059147.stm http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/08/22/ aids.drug/
This is my first comment, and sorry about the poor english.