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The Pharmaceutical Industry and the AIDS Crisis in Developing Countries
· Describe the nature of supplying drugs to emerging markets at an affordable price without undermining their profits
· Research and analyse in depth the effectiveness of one proposed policy response to this issue.
Introduction

1 2001 saw a flurry of events, as highlighted in the excepts of the case study, which caused an awareness by the international community of the inequality between rich and poor nations in the care and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS.

2 Epitomized by the lawsuit against the South African government, the drug companies "want desperately to be seen helping fight the global AIDS crisis… but the companies also remain unwavering in their defense of patents, even if it means suing poor nations that want to make or buy bootleg generics because they can't afford brand-name drugs." The episode not only represents a "moral scandal", but also a major economic, political and......

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