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Cost of AIDS drugs in Brazil, and more
11-12-2007 · EurekAlert!The following articles will be in the upcoming issue of PLoS Medicine: "Strategy of negotiating prices and producing AIDS drugs saves Brazil US$ 1 billion" and "Clinical protection from malaria closely associated with class of antibodies."
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