Healthcare Access

Progress reported in cutting AIDS drug prices for poor nations

Published in AIDS Weekly, February 17th, 2003

Global business leaders reported progress on making cheaper AIDS drugs available to poor nations as Microsoft founder Bill Gates made another contribution to health in the developing world - announcing a $200 million grant to fund medical research.

Meeting at an exclusive Alpine resort, delegates to the World Economic Forum held talks on how to ensure access for poor countries to affordable copies of vital drugs while respecting the patent rights of pharmaceutical companies.

Those talks produced some progress, the World Trade Organization's director general, Supachai Panitchpakdi, said.

"In the last few days I thought [drug...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-02-17)

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