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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-03 09:19 AM
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BBC News: World cheap drugs go-ahead
World cheap drugs go-ahead

Negotiators have overcome last-minute hitches to reach a deal in Geneva on giving some of the world's poorest countries access to cheap drugs.

World Trade Organisation spokesman Keith Rockwell described the agreement, which settles a long-standing dispute, as "one of the most important decisions" ever taken by the organisation's executive.

The deal could see millions of people around the world receiving medicines to treat killer diseases for the first time.

MORE AT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3193723.stm
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