Obama Administration Drives Drug Prices Sky High for World's Poor: Report

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2012-07-10

<div class='node-body'><p>In a bid to ensure massive profits for western pharmaceutical corporations, the Obama administration has been working to push through international drug pricing policies which would ensure that sick patients in developing countries around the world will be paying exorbitant prices for much needed medicine far into the future, according to a report <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/10/obamas-health-policy-global-health-reform_n_1659742.html" target="_blank">released </a>by the <em>Huffington Post</em> on Tuesday.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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