Patents

Drugs give HIV patients longer lives in victory for anti-patent activists

Published in Health and Medicine Week, August 2nd, 2004

A few years ago, HIV was like a death sentence for tens of thousands of Thais who couldn't afford expensive imported drugs. Then came hope, in the shape of a one-pill generic drug cocktail.

When the Thai Government Pharmaceutical Organization started producing the three-drug pill in March 2002, monthly treatment for one person plummeted to $30 from $500-$750.

Thailand is one of the few countries making generic anti-AIDS drugs after overcoming challenges by European and U.S. pharmaceutical giants in a global patent fight that raised the question: What is more important - trade rules or people's lives'

The 146-nation World Trade...

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2004-08-02)

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