Newsinferno.com: Emboldened by Brazil's recent success in negotiating a cheaper license for an AIDS drug 11 other Latin American countries have joined forces with the hope that their combined purchasing power will enable them to negotiate a "ceiling price" for antiretroviral treatments for HIV/AIDS patients.
"Officials from Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay met on Wednesday with 24 drug and diagnostics companies including Abbott Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Merck & Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Roche Holding AG and Bayer AG."
Goddamn, commies trying to chisel BIG PHARMA out of its excessive profits! What have they got against being pillaged and plundered by this industry the way Americans are?
Posted by: Fred the Liberal | August 15, 2005 at 10:35 PM