WTO agreement on cheap drugs for poor countries finalized

Friday, August 29, 2003

GENEVA -- A World Trade Organization group agreed Thursday to allow poor nations access to inexpensive copies of drugs to fight such diseases as AIDS and malaria, after the United States gave its endorsement.

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