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Ditto for Brazil also .... Cheers, D J Roll wrote: > If this were true, we in Africa would be paying a lot less than we do for > drugs. Unless of course Africa is the exception. > Regards > > DaveSA > 46/Dx44/Since40 > > Original Message ----- > From: "Camilla Flintermann" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:30 PM > Subject: Cost of Meds > > > This is something we've discussed as lot, and in today's paper there was > an > > interesting clue as to why Rx drugs cost more in the USA. The writer, > > Gwynne Dyer, as London-based independent journalist, says that the drug > > companies divide the world into different price zones based on average > > middle-class incomes in a particular area. "Americans...pay about 3 times > > as much as Poles for the same drugs, and Poles pay around 3 times as much > > as Indians." He adds, "To maintain the integrity of this system, holders > > of drug patents forbid any international trade that crosses the borders of > > these zones." > > Perhaps this does help explain the price differences we have noted and > > complained about? > > > > Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55 > > Oxford, Ohio -- Joao Paulo - Salvador,BA,Brazil [log in to unmask]