1.0 link 36643 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/merck-ustr-ask-thailand-t_b_36643.html Encouraged by Merck, the United States Trade Representative and the US Department of State are asking Thailand to reconsider it's recent decision to issue a compulsory license on patents on the AIDS drug Efavirenz. The Thai government announced the decision right before World AIDS' Day. Shortly thereafter Ambassador Karan Bhatia, the Deputy USTR, called the Thai Embassy in Washington, DC. to deliver a message described as "bullying" by Thai government officials. The US Embassy in Thailand also registered...

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