Access

News

Nature 410, 1013 (26 April 2001) | doi:10.1038/35074261

Open Innovation Challenges

naturejobs

South Africa may keep door closed to generic AIDS drugs

Michael Cherry

Drug companies expect the South African government to hold off from importing cheap generic copies of their AIDS drugs following the withdrawal of their lawsuit against the government last week.Although the 39 drug-makers withdrew their lawsuit unconditionally, officials of South Africa's Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association say the government has privately undertaken to import only branded versions of drugs already under patent in South Africa.