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Tim Wilson's "Tariffs the Real Barrier to HIV Treatment:"
Oxfam Australia lays the blame on the increasing prevalence of HIV and AIDS in the developing world on the patent system and intellectual property for drugs. The executive director, Andrew Hewett, argued in ABC News Online that Thailand provides a "model" for dealing with treatment of HIV/AIDS.
What exactly is that model? The military junta which seized control of Thailand earlier this year has nationalised the patents of a series of vital drugs. It has gone on to manufacture cheap, but extremely low-quality, drugs which have contributed towards a growing resistance to
the medicine amongst the poorest Thais.
The danger of these medicines has become so apparent that the World Health Organisation recommended that they not be sold outside of Thailand.
posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:03 AM | Pharma
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