ASPEN'S AIDS DRUGS HIT RED TAPE IN AFRICA

Red tape in some African nations hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic is hampering the efforts of Africa's biggest maker of generic medicines, Durban-based Aspen Pharmacare, to secure orders for its generic AIDS drugs. In January Aspen secured approval from the US FDA for a selection of its generic AIDS drugs, paving the way for the medicines to be procured by projects receiving grants from the $15bn U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

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