MSF condemns US drugmaker's ban in Thailand
(AFP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070316/hl_afp/healththailanddrugspharmamsf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070316/capt.sge.fxb81.160307063546.photo00.photo.default-512x315.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=IZcNanh_1yd4cSGuB3Atkw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="A pharmacist dispences Kaletra, an AIDS drug, in 2006. Aid charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) has condemned a US drugmaker's decision not to sell new medicines in Thailand, which is at loggerheads with Western pharmaceutical giants over generic drugs. Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories said this week it would not market new drugs in Thailand in protest at the army-backed government's decision to override the patent on Abbott's anti-AIDS drug Kaletra.(AFP/File/Geoff Robins)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Aid charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) has condemned a US drugmaker's decision not to sell new medicines in Thailand, which is at loggerheads with Western pharmaceutical giants over generic drugs.</p><br clear="all"/>

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