Article
Thailand stuns drug firms with generic licenses
Thailand's army-installed government has issued licenses for cheap generic versions of a heart disease and an AIDS drug...Drug companies reacted angrily to the announcement…and urged [the health minister] to reconsider a decision they said could lead to many firms leaving the country…[The health minister] declined to confirm newspaper reports [that] they were Abbott Laboratories' Kaletra, and Plavix… sold by Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb. [also mentions Merck]