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Article: President Calderon Lifts Regulation Requiring AIDS Drug Companies to Have Manufacturing Plants in Mexico in Order to Sell Generic Meds.
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- August 4, 2008
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'Coalicion de Activistas por el Accesso Universal en VIH/SIDA' and AIDS Healthcare Foundation Cheer President's Action; Vow to Press Government to Ensure Affordable Generic AIDS Drugs
MEXICO CITY -- On the day of the opening ceremonies of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, President Felipe Calderon announced his plans to lift a Mexican Ministry of Economy requirement that pharmaceutical companies operating in Mexico must have a manufacturing plant in that country in order to use or sell generic versions of their lifesaving AIDS and other drugs in Mexico. This regulation has been an onerous and archaic requirement that has all but crippled the ...