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| [00:04.88]Five of the world's largest drug companies [00:03.88]have agreed to reduce the price of drugs designed to control the disease AIDS for people in developing countries. [00:12.37]The agreement was reached after talks between United Nations health officials and drug companies earlier this month. [00:21.83]Experts say the agreement is an important step in efforts to help millions of people in poor countries get costly antiAIDS drugs. [00:34.03]UN officials have been urging the drug industry to cut drug prices for poor countries. [00:41.76]But they say there was limited action from them until now. [00:47.30]The drug companies are Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gtaxo Wellcome, Boehringer- Ingelheim and Hoffman-La Roche. [00:57.41]They will work with five international agencies. [01:02.22]Several of the companies are promising to sell their drugs for only a little more than the cost of manufacturing them. [01:11.62]Some reports suggest the drug prices may decrease by as much as 80% below the prices of the drugs in the United States. [01:22.72]The drugs AZT and 3TC are two of the powerful drugs found to help slow the progress of AIDS. [01:33.41]The treatment often requires the use of another drug called a protease inhibitor. [01:41.09]These drugs have been used in the United States and Europe for several years. [01:48.35]The agreement may make it possible for tens of thousands of people to get the drugs in Africa, [01:56.16]where the disease is spreading fastest. [01:59.27]More than 20,000,000 people in southern African nations are believed to be infected with HIV, [02:08.15]the virus that causes AIDS. [02:10.87]About 80% of the people in the world with the AIDS virus are in southern Africa. [02:18.94]Even with the new prices, however, anti-AIDS drugs wilI still cost too much for most Africans. [02:28.26]The combination of three or more drugs may cost up to 200 dollars a month. [02:35.79]In addition, experts say the plan must be combined with efforts to teach people how to use the drugs. [02:45.22]And there must be trained medical people to supervise the complex drug treatment. [02:52.84]The disease could worsen or develop into drug-resistant viruses if the drugs are not taken correctly. [03:01.86]UN health officials called for stronger efforts for AIDS prevention and helth care by governments in affected countries. |
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