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30/03/2009

How to make drugs more accessible, genetics and access to conterfeit drugs.

An interview with Andrew Witty, CEO of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline who will discuss how to make drugs more accessible; Yusuf Hamied, Chairman of Indian Pharmaceutical Company Cipla will be speaking about genetics; also, an in-studio discussion about access to drugs, counterfeit drugs and patent pools.
Presented by Claudia Hammond.

26 minutes

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Tue 31 Mar 200900:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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