AHF Rejects Cipla's Demand for Apology and One Billion Rupees - 'We are fighting for the Lives of Our Patients in India!'
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates free AIDS treatmentclinics in India under AHF -- India Cares (in Mysore, New Delhi and inGuwahati, Assam in collaboration with the National AIDS Control Organization)-- will host a press conference in New Delhi on Friday August 24th in which itwill refute Cipla's assertions regarding its claim of "defamation" and addressCipla's legal threat to the NGO. AHF will also call on the government ofIndia's Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) --India's anti-trust commission that probes monopolistic, restrictive and unfairtrade practices -- to widen its announced inquiry of Indian drug maker Ciplaover steep price for one of Cipla's generic AIDS drug combinations in Indiacompared with prices the company has offered for people in Africa.NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHAT: Press Conference -- AHF to Ask India's Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) to Widen Its Inquiry of Cipla's Drug Pricing WHEN: Friday, August 24, 2007, 12:00 noon WHERE: NEW DELHI -- Ambassador Hotel, Sujan Singh Park, New Delhi (room: Wheels Hall) WHO: Dr. Chinkholal Thangsing, Asia Pacific Bureau Chief, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Dr. Mahesh Ganesan, Ph.D. Asia Pacific Bureau Advocacy Coordinator, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
