GLOBAL HEALTH: A Call for Global Access To University-Developed Drugs
December 11th, 2006
by
Dave Chokshi
|
In a 2001 campaign at Yale University, students, scientists, and the organization Doctors Without Borders asked Yale to help increase access to the AIDS drug d4t in South Africa. Yale scientists discovered and patented d4t; the university subsequently licensed the drug to Bristol-Myers Squibb, which marketed it for $1,600 per patient per year. Under pressure... Read the rest of this entry »
