HIV and Aids: bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries

Firms will no longer offer discounted antiretroviral drugs to middle-income countries where HIV is rife, says a report, according to the Guardian, UK.

22 Jul 2011

HIV and Aids: bad news for drug prices in middle-income countries

Middle-income countries with large numbers of people living with HIV will no longer benefit from preferential pricing when buying antiretroviral drugs from large pharmaceutical companies, according to the annual Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) drug pricing report, Untangling the Web of ARV Price Reductions. Read more.

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