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NGOs Urge Brazil to Speed Up Process of Breaking AIDS Drugs Patent

In order to alleviate budgetary problems in Brazil’s AIDS program  some 700 activists are ...

Health Council Advises Brazil to Break Patent on Three AIDS Drugs

Brazil should break the patents on three HIV/AIDS drugs, whose cost could jeopardize national ...

In Showdown with Brazil Over AIDS Drug Patent, Abbott Blinks First

On June 24, Brazil issued an ultimatum to the Illinois-based pharmaceutical corporation Abbott Laboratories ...

Brazil to Reopen Talks with Abbott on Breaking AIDS Drug Patent

Brazil’s new Health Minister, Saraiva Felipe, said that the stance of his Ministry will ...

Brazil Can Save US$ 600 Million in 5 Years by Copycating Patented AIDS Drugs

Brazil has the developing world’s most successful AIDS/HIV treatment and prevention program. Its operation ...

Brazil’s Patent Breaking Is No Theft, Says Doctors Without Borders

The non-governmental organization, Doctors Without Borders (MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières), denied that a possible ...

Brazil Says AIDS Patent Breaking Is Inspired By US Anthrax Example

“We don’t want to break patents. We want to ensure the sustainability of the ...

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