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Card #c190IR // #c190Synthesis

For example, I found that J & J was the only major manufacturer of HIV/AIDS medicines that refused to share its patents with a United Nations program that has saved millions of African lives.

— In our words · Source: No More Tears (Gardiner Harris)

[Use when]

Use when contrasting pharma access rhetoric with patent behavior.

[Why it matters]

Access rhetoric vs. patent behavior — the gap between the press release and the license.

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