Clinton fund pact with drug companies.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Four generic drug generic drug, a drug sold or prescribed under the nonproprietary name of its active ingredients or under a generally descriptive name rather than under a brand or trade name. companies and former U.S. President Bill Clinton's foundation have negotiated an agreement to slash the cost of certain AIDS antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral Drugs Definition Antiretroviral drugs inhibit the reproduction of retroviruses—viruses composed of RNA rather than DNA. The best known of this group is HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, the causative agent of AIDS. for distribution in developing countries. Two million people will be able to obtain drugs by 2008 at the cost of $140 per person a year, almost half the current price of the most commonly used and inexpensive drugs. The drugs will go to people in African and Caribbean countries, where many live on no more than $300 a year. |
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