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Brazil, said Abbott Laboratories, a U.S. pharmaceutical agreed to cut the price of its Kaletra AIDS drug to US$0.63 from $1.17 per pill.


BRAZIL Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America.  said Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a diversified pharmaceuticals and health care company. It has over 65,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, a neighborhood of North Chicago, Illinois. , a U.S. pharmaceutical, agreed to cut the price of its Kaletra AIDS drug to US$0.63 from $1.17 per pill. The deal will save the government $339.5 million over six years.
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2006
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