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AIDS Healthcare Foundation
'Shame on Abbott': AIDS Healthcare Foundation's New Ad Campaign Blasts Drug Company for Exploiting NAFTA to Charge Five Times More for Its Key AIDS Drug Kaletra in Mexico Than in Other Middle-Income
October 3rd, 2008
As part of its ongoing campaign to lower drug prices and improve access to lifesaving AIDS treatments globally, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates three free treatment clinics in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and Tuxtla Gutierrez) today unveiled a new print advertisement criticizing Abbott Laboratories, Inc. for the steep price it charges for its key AIDS drug Kaletra in Mexico. The ad, headlined 'Shame on Abbott,' first appeared in the September 6th "Weekend" edition of the Lake County News-Sun, a regional daily newspaper covering parts of the Chicago metropolitan area, and appeared again in the September 13th edition. As part of the first stage of the campaign, the ad is...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-10-03)
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