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AIDS drug could see mandatory licensing

By Shan Juan | China Daily | Updated: 2011-06-25 07:20

AIDS drug could see mandatory licensing

Government hopes to keep costs low for expansion of preventive program

BEIJING - China is considering mandatory licensing to secure cheaper drugs for HIV/AIDS patients, particularly as the nation's health authority is preparing to expand coverage for the preventive antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Very soon, couples with one partner having HIV/AIDS and the other being negative - estimated at 30,000 on the mainland - will be offered free ART, Hao Yang, deputy director of the disease prevention and control bureau at the Ministry of Health, told China Daily in an exclusive interview.

AIDS drug could see mandatory licensing

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