The first batch of AIDS drug Efavirenz produced in India arrives 02 July in Brasilia, 2007. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed last May a decree which ceases US pharmaceutical giant Merck's patent on Efavirenz after refusing the company's 30 percent price-cut offer. Getty Images logo Getty Images 31 months ago

The first batch of AIDS drug Efavirenz produced in India arrives 02 July in Brasilia, 2007. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed last May a decree which ceases US pharmaceutical giant Merck's patent on Efavirenz after refusing the company's 30 percent price-cut offer.

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  3. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, speaks with the US' new ambassador to Brazil Tom Shannon in Brasilia, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010.
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  6. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) talks with Brazil's Supreme Court President Gilmar Mendes during the opening of the judicial year at the Brazilian Supreme Court in Brasilia February 1, 2010. Lula is back to work after he was briefly hospitalized for high blood pressure last week.
  7. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) leaves the INCOR Hospital in Sao Paulo January 30, 2010. Lula underwent a series of tests in a cardiac clinic in Sao Paulo after he was briefly hospitalized for high blood pressure this week.
  8. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) and his wife Marisa (R) leave the INCOR Hospital in Sao Paulo with his personal doctor Roberto Kalil (L) January 30, 2010. Lula underwent a series of tests in a cardiac clinic in Sao Paulo after he was briefly hospitalized for high blood pressure this week.
  9. CENTURY CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: Director Zach Merck (R) and Amanda Merck arrive at the 62nd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on January 30, 2010 in Century City, California.
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  12. Richard Clark, Chairman and CEO of Merck attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 29, 2010.
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