Eight more Indian companies have received nonexclusive licenses from Gilead Sciences to manufacture and distribute the HIV drug Tenofovir...The [eight] Indian drug companies that struck the licensing deal were [Ranbaxy Laboratories], Aurobindo Pharma, J.B. Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Alkem Laboratories, FDC, Matrix Laboratories, Medchem International, and Shasun Chemicals and Drugs. In August...Gilead Sciences announced similar agreements with three Indian drug companies: Hetero Drugs, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, and Strides Arcolab... Indian licensee companies are optimistic...that they can make the HIV drug accessible to people across the developing world. [also refers to Roche, Aspen Pharmacare, Cosmos Pharmaceuticals, Universal Corp. (Kenya)]