| ■ Clinton-Brokered Deal to Bring Low-Cost HIV Meds to Poorer Nations | 2009.08.08 |
| Former President Bill Clinton has helped forge a deal whereby two drug companies will allow poor countries to gain cheaper access to HIV medications, the Associated Press reported. The agreement, which involves powerful antiretroviral medications made by Pfizer Inc., and Mylan Inc., should lower the cost of key drug regimens to less than $500 per year, Clinton said in New York City on Thursday. The drugs involved in the deal will be used by people who may have already developed resistance to other medications. Since 2002, the nonprofit Clinton Foundation has brokered a number of cost-cutting deals aimed at getting HIV-suppressing medicines to people in the developing world, the AP said. |