Clinton urges easier AIDS drugs policy.
NEW DELHI New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. Predominantly an administrative center, it was constructed between 1912 and 1929 to replace Calcutta (now Kolkata) as capital of British India; New Delhi was officially inaugurated in 1931. -- Former President Bill Clinton said in India the U.S. needs to be more flexible in allowing dollars allocated for AIDS prevention to be spent on lower-cost generic drugs 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. The name of the active ingredient is established by a government or international body, and is typically the U.S. Adopted Name, British Approved Name, or International Nonproprietary Name., and American drug companies "have been too harsh" in lobbying for restrictions on the use of that money. Clinton, in response to a question, said he would "do the very best I can" to try to persuade American drugmakers to grant licenses to Indian generic drug manufacturers.
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