i have been in the 3 of the philippine islands,
mexico, and some of the carribean islands, we  have
mission trips to hatti. my experence is that every
drug companny sells are a far reduced rate to these
countries than they do at home in the u.s. this is
actual experience. i am not talking "a friend of a
friend told me," or "the editorial page said this."
this is actual experience.

--- Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Saturday 03 May 2003 7:52 pm, you wrote:
> > Beth and Kyle,
> >
> >        If you are in national politics, you are
> bought and paid for by some
> > interest(s) group(s). Speaking of Pfizer, Beth,
> Bush's AIDS initiative in
> > Africa is a boon to Pfizer whom manufactures one
> of the AIDS cocktails.
> >
> > Bobby
>
> Yeah, but the US was the only country to stop the
> deal which would have
> allowed the poorest African countries to buy the
> Aids drugs at substantial
> discounts.
>
> Any attempts by poor countries to manudacture
> "generic" drugs (for use by its
> own residents) results in the threat of trade
> sanctions from the US
> government. The huge profits being made by drug
> companies is obscene, and the
> argument that charging more reasonable prices would
> jeopardise future
> research is rather spurious. At the moment 8 drugs
> for "sexual dysfunction"
> are currently being developed (thanks to the huge
> commercial success of
> Viagra), I fail to see why a poor person with AIDS
> should be expected to fund
> such research!!
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri


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