The Brazilian government has decided
- Cory Doctorow
- Uncategorized
- Aug 23, 2001
The Brazilian government has decided that Roche is charging too much money for their AIDS-fighting drug nelfinavir, and since Roche wouldn’t knock the price down, the Brazilian government has decided to simply clone the drug, essentially asserting that human lives are more important that patent-treaties. I wonder if sub-Saharan African nations will follow suit? I betcha Roche is wondering the same thing. Link Discuss (via /.)