Coalition Expands AIDS Drug Plan (washingtonpost.com)

Coalition Expands AIDS Drug Plan (washingtonpost.com):

"The groups that negotiated the agreement -- the World Bank, the Global Fund, UNICEF and the Clinton Foundation -- combine for the first time some of the largest funding agencies with those that have the best public health expertise, including WHO. Missing, however, was one prominent funder: the U.S. government, which has its own plan to help AIDS patients in poor countries. The $15 billion U.S. plan seeks to buy medicines involving multiple combinations of pills from Western pharmaceutical companies that hold patents on the drugs, while yesterday's deal will rely on fixed-dose medicines made in India and South Africa, which combine three drugs in one pill."