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President negotiates dramatic price cuts in AIDS drugs for children


Since today is World Aids Day, I thought it might be appropriate to point out some good news. Due to negotiations between two Indian drugmakers and the President:

Cipla and Ranbaxy Laboratories agreed to make 19 different anti-retroviral drugs designed for children available at an average price of 16 cents a day, or $60 a year, which is about 45 percent lower than the lowest current price...

Because not everyone has access to the current lowest price, the plan will actually translate into a four- to six-fold cost reduction for many children, said Stephen Lewis, the United Nations special envoy for H.I.V. and AIDS in Africa.


Now, come on, don't be silly. Not THAT President. President Bill Clinton. Sheesh. Be serious, people...

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1 - LOL- got me. I was secretly amazed at what I was reading, thinking, "geez, he's finally doing something that everyone will like." oops... Emoticon

-Tom

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