Millions Die in Africa After Big Pharma Blocks Imports of Generic AIDS Drugs

[G_j]

http://m.democracynow.org/stories/13411


WED JAN 23, 2013

"Fire in the Blood": Millions Die in Africa After Big Pharma Blocks Imports of Generic AIDS Drugs

The new documentary, "Fire in the Blood," examines how millions have died from AIDS because big pharmaceutical companies and the United States have refused to allow developing nations to import life-saving generic drugs. The problem continues today as the World Trade Organization continues to block the importation of generic drugs in many countries because of a trade deal known as the Trips Agreement. We’re joined by the film’s director, Dylan Mohan Gray, and Ugandan AIDS doctor Peter Mugyenyi, who was arrested for trying to import generic drugs, and is recognized as one of the world’s foremost specialists and researchers in the field of HIV/AIDS. [Transcript to come. Check back soon.]

[ananda]

1. This is a shame and a crime.

Big Pharma has so much blood on its hands, and not just there either.

[topcat007]

2. Really sad.

Human beings are not commodities for profit. They are endowed with inalienable rights.