[Pharm-policy] Michael Hirsh's Newsweek.com story

[James Love]

Michael Hirsh's Newsweek.com story was updated to include a quote from
Patrick Donahue from BMS and Sean Murphy from USTR, included in the
paragraph below:

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Most big drug corporations fear that a compulsory license for any AIDS
drug would open a Pandora's box, setting a precedent for other drugs and
robbing the companies of royalties. "You're looking at the possibility
that a compulsory license could impede research," says company spokesman
Patrick Donahue. U.S. trade official Murphy, meanwhile, says he intended
no threat of sanctions to Thai officials. But he concedes that the
government was concerned that in Thailand compulsory licensing "was the
only option being looked at." Asked whether he also reminded the Thais
that the president had announced a new policy on AIDS drugs, Murphy said
only that he "may have alluded to it



  Jamie

  


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