The first batch of AIDS drug Efavirenz produced in India arrives 02 July, 2007 in Brasilia. 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, 2007 in Brasilia. 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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