Financial Times "Business and AIDS" survey

- Survey contents

- Financial Times editorial

- A new mood of cooperation [re: pharmaceutical companies], Andrew Jack (refers to Abbott, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Roche)

- In need of a new source of funds, Andrew Jack (refers to American Express, Armani, BroadReach Healthcare, Gap, Motorola)

- An ever wider gap, Andrew Jack (refers to L'Oreal)

- Technology to the fore, Andrew Jack (refers to Anglo American, De Beers)

- The risk of epidemic dawns [China], Angelica Wiederhecker (refers to Bayer, Lafarge, Merck, Standard Chartered)

- India: A threat to economic ambition, Jo Johnson

- A problem with patriarchal society [Russia], Isabel Gorst (refers to Sual, Wimm Bill Dann)

- A partnership for Health [So. Africa], Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Group and Mark Dybul, ambassador for US Global Aids Coordinator (refers to Anglo American, Virgin Group)

Tata Group receives UNAIDS award

Tata Group bags 'Civil Society Award' from UNAIDS

Cipla, Ranbaxy to cut paediatric antiretroviral drug prices to $60/year for poor countries in deal with Clinton Foundation

- Cipla, Ranbaxy To Cut Pediatric Antiretroviral Drug Prices Ahead of World AIDS Day Under Deal With Clinton Foundation, Kaiser Network Daily Reports [USA]

- Clinton Foundation press release: President Clinton Announces Breakthroughs in HIV/AIDS Treatment for Children -- 3-in-1 Pill for less than $60 Annually and 45% Price Reductions for other Pediatric Drugs

ILO report: HIV/AIDS costing more than 1 million new jobs/year; says workplace should be major entry point for prevention & access to treatment

- New ILO report says HIV/AIDS epidemic costing more than 1 million new jobs per year - Says workplace should become major entry point for prevention and access to treatment

- español: La epidemia del VIH/SIDA causa la pérdida de 1 millón de nuevos empleos por año, dice nuevo informe de la OIT - El lugar de trabajo debe convertirse en puerta de entrada para la prevención y el acceso al tratamiento

- français : Un nouveau rapport du BIT relève un manque à gagner de plus d'un million de nouveaux emplois par an à cause du Sida - Et appelle à ce que le lieu de travail devienne un lieu d'accès privilégié aux traitements

Drug firms failed to reach new agreement on wide access to HIV/AIDS medicines in poor countries, says union head

Pharmaceutical Industry Fails in Developing Industry-Wide HIV/AIDS Initiative, International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions