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South Africa AIDS Trial

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports from Pretoria, South Africa on the opening day of a lawsuit that pits the global drug industry against the South African government. Over 36 drug companies are challenging a law that allows the government to import the cheapest medicine from the cheapest source. The companies say the law ignores their patent rights. The government says the law is necessary in order to afford desperately needed AIDS drugs.

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