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Every day 30,000 people in the developing world die from curable diseases - many because they cannot afford the high prices charged by drug companies.
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Bronson Alcott once said, "civilisation degrades the many to exalt the few" and that ladies and gentleman sums up the WTO in a nutshell. Welcome all to "The Right to Life" protests. This issue is not just for the handful of freaky hippies with bad hair days, or marginalised tree hugging greenies. This is a modern issue everyone can take part in. Every day 30,000 people in the developing world die from curable diseases - many because they cannot afford the high prices charged by drug companies. Nearly all medicines produced by drug companies are patented. A typical patent protection for new medicines lasts for twenty years. In 1997 President Nelson Mandela introduced the Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Act. The law was intended to help South Africa combat the country's HIV/AIDS pandemic where one in ten people are HIV/AIDS positive. Only 19% yes that's right,...
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