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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Glaxo Plans Another Price Cut in AIDS Drugs to Poor Countries

June 11, 2001

GlaxoSmithKline PLC will announce today another round of price reductions for AIDS drugs in poor countries. The list price for three AIDS drugs -- Ziagen, Trizivir and Agenerase -- will be reduced to cost in 63 of the world's poorest countries. But even at those discounts, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Glaxo's chief executive, admitted the prices will keep the drugs out of reach for most patients.


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Adapted from:
Wall Street Journal
06.11.01; Rachel Zimmerman

This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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