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"First, we have to negotiate with drug firms to reduce the price of their drugs. If they do not agree with us we will then impose compulsory licensing for expensive drugs to save our patients’ lives," said Mr Chawarat, who was appointed to his post this month in a cabinet reshuffle. He added that his Ministry had not revoked the CL policy as a way of obtaining essential drugs, but retained it as “a key mechanism” in negotiating for lower prices."<ref>[http://pharmatimes.co.uk/Forums/forums/t/2065.aspx "Compulsory licensing on pharmaceutical drugs in Thailand"]</ref>
'''"Malaria campaigners hopeful on drugs pricing deal"'''
'''Septemeber, 2008.''' "Anti-malaria campaigners are confident that a deal can be reached with pharmaceuticals groups to cut the cost of new drugs needed to fight a disease estimated to kill more than 1 million people a year.
Negotiations are being held with several big drugs makers as part of a wider drive to bring the cost of so-called artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) down to the level of the older, but now ineffective, chloroquinine treatments.
"I am very hopeful that this first stage, the negotiations, will produce results,"Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria told reporters in Paris on Tuesday."<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L9420228.htm "Malaria campaigners hopeful on drugs pricing deal"]</ref>
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