Nairobi — Hundreds of HIV-positive Kenyans and civil society activists marched through the streets of the capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday to protest against proposed amendments to legislation that they say would make their treatment unaffordable.
This week, parliament will debate the Miscellaneous Amendments Bill for a second time; it was defeated in 2002. If it were passed, the patent owner would have to give "express consent" for generic versions of drugs to be imported. At present the law allows "parallel importation" by independent distributors in competition with patent holders.
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