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Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
80 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Intellectual property rights laws are "holding up access to vital medicines," including drugs to treat HIV/AIDS, in poorer nations, and strategies such as compulsory licensing and differential pricing should be implemented to increase access to medicines in developing nations, according to a report released by the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/10033 [5]

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