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9 Aoû 2015

Auteur:
Vidya Krishnan and Mandakini Gahlot , www.scroll.in

Why South Africa's health minister is so worried about India caving in to big pharma

The South African health minister Aaron Motsoaledi...said that he was extremely "scared and worried" about the possibility of pro-industry changes in India’s intellectual property rights regime...Speaking about Indian generic companies, which made it possible for Africans to access affordable HIV/AIDS drugs in the past decade, Motsoaledi said, “They were our heroes, and if they change their laws now, we will be in big trouble in sub-Saharan Africa, really big trouble.”

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