ETHICAL DISCUSSION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS
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THE MISSING ETHICAL DISCUSSION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S 1997 LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT Kurt L. Davis Jr. PLCP 581: Final Essay Professor Robert Fatton April 25, 2005 CONTENTS I. Introduction...................................................................2 II. Background and History to the Case....................................5 III. The Ethical Discussion Underlining the Lawsuit.....................13 IV. Conclusion....................................................................19 V. Works Cited..................................................................22 Introduction According to most historians and health researchers, it is generally accepted that the first case of Acquired Immo-Deficiency Syndrome universally known as AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981. AIDS has been conclusively found to be the result of or alternatively induced by the virus called Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus universally known as HIV. HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections through the continual annihilation of the body's immune system. Essentially, this means that those HIV infected individuals are placed at risk to a range of cancers and diseases including tuberculosis. HIV/AIDS has gone beyond the bane of relatively small groups such as...


