Brazil and HIV-AIDS

Facts, not Live8 and propaganda:

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's government will break a patent on Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s Kaletra AIDS drug in order to provide a cheaper generic version for its treatment program, Health Minister Humberto Costa said on Friday. "This is the first time that the government of Brazil has broken a patent on a drug," Costa said at a news conference, also attended by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "Brazil is the first country to break a patent for antiretrovirals (anti-AIDS drugs)." The decision was made at a politically sensitive time for Brazil. The U.S. has threatened to cut Brazil's trade benefits unless it steps up its efforts to stop widespread piracy of intellectual property, like CDs and DVDs. U.S.-based trade groups have also lobbied the White House to denounce Brazil's earlier threats to break patents on AIDS drugs.

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