Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Brazil plays down Mozambique AIDS drug plant offer

(Reuters) - Brazil has prepared a feasibility study for a pharmaceutical plant in AIDS-ravaged Mozambique but did not offer to fund it, the Brazilian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Earlier, Mozambique's Noticias newspaper said that Brazil offered to build a $23 million factory, which would produce a range of drugs, including generic antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to treat HIV/AIDS as well as medicines for malaria and other diseases.


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