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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Soaring costs imperil Brazil's free HIV/AIDS care -- Queer Lesbian Gay Election News -- Gay.com
Soaring costs imperil Brazil's free HIV/AIDS care -- Queer Lesbian Gay Election News -- Gay.com: "Brazil has offered free AIDS treatment to its citizens for the past decade, but the highly effective program could be bankrupted by soaring costs for new AIDS drugs, the Boston Globe reported.
Prices for the new medicines have increased Brazil's AIDS-drug spending more than 75 percent over the past two years. The new antiretrovirals are needed because tens of thousands of patients have become resistant to the old antiretroviral drugs that are available in a cheaper, generic form. The new drugs cost as much as $17,000 per person yearly in Brazil, while the old generic drugs cost hundreds of dollars per patient every year.".....
Prices for the new medicines have increased Brazil's AIDS-drug spending more than 75 percent over the past two years. The new antiretrovirals are needed because tens of thousands of patients have become resistant to the old antiretroviral drugs that are available in a cheaper, generic form. The new drugs cost as much as $17,000 per person yearly in Brazil, while the old generic drugs cost hundreds of dollars per patient every year.".....
:: posted by R. W. Graf, 6:15 AM
