Posted AT 1:24 AM EDT on 30/01/07
Does Canada have the guts to honour its drug pledge to the world's poor?
Nearly two years have passed since Canada's Access to Medicines Regime came into force and yet not a single pill has crossed the border. This legislation, originally known as the Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa, was designed to allow generic pharmaceutical companies to produce and export affordable drugs that are under patent to developing countries facing public health emergencies.
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