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Published online 26 March 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070326-2

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Held to ransom

A pharma giant's decision to withhold new drugs from Thailand will only hurt patients, says Apoorva Mandavilli.

Is there ever a good enough reason to deny life-saving medicines to an entire country's citizens?

I say no. But it seems pharmaceutical giant Abbott begs to differ.

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