Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA)
The dangers of blood as a commodity
A recent inquiry revealed that commercial blood transfusions infected 33,000 Britons with HIV and Hepatitis C, a risk that Brazil overcame with the Henfil Law and Hemobrás – risks which may return with the proposed Plasma PEC
Pharma companies attempt to overturn Brazilian Supreme Court’s historic decision on patents
Felipe Carvalho Borges da Fonseca
Susana Rodrigues Cavalcanti Van Der Ploeg
Maria Clara Pfeiffer Noronha
Alan Rossi Silva
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December 15, 2022
Pharmaceutical companies are trying to undermine a decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court from 2021 which puts health ahead of private profit
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