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AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS Activists Claim Victory: Abbott Cuts Mexican Price of Kaletra 20%
April 10th, 2009
A coalition of AIDS activists known as the Coalicion de Activistas por el Acceso Universal, spearheaded by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates four free treatment clinics in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Tuxtla Gutierrez and Pachuca), declared victory today in its campaign to lower drug prices and improve access to lifesaving AIDS treatments in Mexico. As a result of the coalition’s prolonged, multinational campaign to raise awareness about the high price charged by Abbott Laboratories Inc. for its key AIDS drug, Kaletra in Mexico, the company has cut its price by twenty percent — from $4688.00 pesos MXN per patient per month to $3750.40 MXN. The new lower price was...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-04-10)
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