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MEPs attack US over generic medicines

The European Parliament yesterday repeated its condemnation of US policy on generic medicines and called on the US and other Western countries to show greater flexibility on agricultural reform in the forthcoming WTO talks in Cancun, Mexico.

Last December, the US was the only country of the 144 states in the WTO to block a deal that would allow developing countries to import generic medicine without paying prohibitive intellect...

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