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A patient is handfed HIV/AIDS drugs at the Mercy Centre in Bangkok

15 Feb 2007

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A patient is handfed HIV/AIDS drugs at the Mercy Centre in Bangkok February 8, 2007. Global pharmaceutical firms will not cut prices of patented drugs sold in Thailand despite threats by the military-appointed government to break patents of medicine it wants to buy at low prices, the industry body leader said on Thursday. Picture taken on February 8, 2007.
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A nurse holds a glass containing a cocktail of HIV/AIDS drugs for a patient at Mercy Centre in Bangkok February 8, 2007. Global pharmaceutical firms will not cut prices of patented drugs sold in Thailand despite threats by the military-appointed government to break patents of medicine it wants to buy at low prices, the industry body leader said on Thursday. Picture taken on February 8, 2007.

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