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Local HIV drugs offer lower prices

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has developed two major anti-retroviral medicines which should ease the strain on the healthcare programme and improve the quality of life of HIV/Aids patients.

Public Health Minister Pradit Sinanarong said the local manufacturing of efavirenz and lopinavir/ritonavir will save on import costs and lower the cost to consumers.

The regimens are crucial for treating people living with HIV/Aids and Thailand has imported the generic versions of the medicines for the past six years.

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  • bluebottle

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    Discussion 2 : 10 Dec 2012 at 09.152

    More whit lies I am afraid they have not developed them they have copied them.Not quite the same is it.This will lead to more promiscuity in the long run.

  • strange

    Discussion 1 : 10 Dec 2012 at 08.481

    May be 'devloped' is not the right word, when in reality we just copy somebody else's intelectual property.
    from iPhone application.

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