www.fdanews.com/articles/92613-brazil-closer-to-breaking-merck-aids-drug-patent
Brazil Closer to Breaking Merck AIDS Drug Patent
April 30, 2007
Brazil took the first
step toward breaking an AIDS drug patent held by Merck & Co. on Wednesday
when the Health Ministry decreed the drug was in the "public interest"
and too expensive to buy.
Scientific
American