Harris/Excite Poll on compulsory licensing of AIDS drugs in developing countries.

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

According to the Harris/Excite pool, there is substantial public support
for compulsory licensing of AID drugs in developing countries.

When I checked, these were the responses:


http://nt.excite.com/poll/results.dcg?x=3907&y=2569&z=1612&t=8088&p1=48&p2=31&p3=21&poll=990412&attrib=&voted=1


Should the U.S. permit
compulsory licensing to
developing countries so that
those countries have access
to cheaper AIDS drugs? 
 
Yes - Compulsory licenses would help
poor countries gain access to AIDS drugs
and slow the spread of AIDS.

48%  =>  3907 votes


No ­ Pharmaceutical companies maintain
patents on AIDS drugs and require a
certain level of profit to finance millions in
research.

31%  =>  2569 votes


Unsure ­ All countries deserve equal
access to AIDS drugs, but compulsory
licensing may discourage pharmaceutical
companies from developing new drugs.

21%  =>  1612 votes

     Current Vote Tally:
8088                                                  


-- 
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
I can be reached at love@cptech.org, by telephone 202.387.8030,
by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org