JUNE 2007
Brazil defends decision to break AIDS patent
After the Thai public health ministry said it would issue a compulsory licence over a patent held by Merck, the Brazilian government has followed suit
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Brazilian health minister José Gomes Temporão (top) besieged by reporters after President Lula da Silva (above) signed a decree issuing a compulsory licence for efavirenz
Credit: Ruben Silva/MS |
Less than six months after the Thai public health ministry said it would issue a compulsory licence over a patent held by Merck for the AIDS treatment drug efavirenz, the Brazilian government has followed suit.
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