Thailand is weighing an offer from Abbott…to sell a newer form of its AIDS drug Kaletra at a discounted price, Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla said...He gave no details of the offer for Aluvia weeks after Abbott refused to launch the drug in Thailand in protest against the government's decision in January to override an international patent on Kaletra...The Wall Street Journal reported that Abbott offered to resubmit Aluvia at a...price...lower than any generic, provided Bangkok did not issue a compulsory licence…on Kaletra...Activists had criticized the blocking of Aluvia because it is a heat-stable form of Kaletra...But now they fear Thailand will bargain away its rights under World Trade Organisation rules...[also refers to Merck, Sanofi-Aventis]