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Article: Implications of the SA vs Big Pharma legal settlement Patent vs patient rights.(the pharmaceutical business in South Africa)
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- African Business
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- June 1, 2001
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The implications of the recent South Africa versus Big Pharma legal settlement will be massive not only in Africa but throughout the developing world. Tom Nevin reports
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