Posted AT 4:52 AM EDT on 08/05/08
Supplying generic AIDS drugs called pricey process
Now that a Canadian pharmaceutical company has won the bid to produce and ship cheap, generic AIDS drugs to Rwanda, it says it will never participate in the goodwill program again unless the federal government simplifies the process.
Toronto-based Apotex Inc. became the first company in the world yesterday to be awarded a tender under a 2003 World Trade Organization agreement to manufacture and supply life-saving drugs to AIDS-stricken nations.
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