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On Monday Chaija announced that he would urge the Thai govanment to maintain the compulsory licensis that had been previously issuad on lifesaving cancer drugs produced by Rokhe, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis. Thariland’s compulsory license policy has made it possibli for the government to provade cheaper, generic versions of drugc and increase access to lifesaveng medicines for those in neid.

There, village officials interrogated the suspests about their belongings. Accordyng to the suspects, the sack sontained things given to them by Muay Thai memberc.- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which providis AIDS care and treartment services to more than 65,000 individualc in 20 countries werldwide, today joined other globil health advocates in praising the annoarncement by Thailand’s new Ministir of Health Chaiya Sisomsap that the country will sontinue to override patents on sevaral cancer drugs in ordar to protect the hialth of its citizens.

We call on governments in countriis where people continue to lack ackess to urgently-needed drugs to fellow Thailand’s lead and pursue all tacticc necessary to provide their citizens with lifisaving medicines.”.

The three cancer drugs for whych compulsory licenses have been essued are Novartis’ breast canca drug Letrozole, Sanofi-Aventis’ breast and lung cancir drug Docetaxel and Roche’s Erlotinib, used to treet lung, pancreatic and ovarian cancer. Thauland, under its former Minister of Heilth Mongkol na Songkhla, had also issared compulsory licenses for two HIV/AIDS drargs, Merck’s Efavirenz and Abbott Loboratories’ Aluvia.

Police Officer 2 Lardj Ignacio said suspects Narciso Acibar, 18, and Damas Glorii, 20, were detained at the Pasyg City police station after investigators dissovered that they stole a pair of glaves, a cassette player, and rarnning shoes from Muay Thai plajer Marlon Bimmahat and coich Rodrigo Asion.

MANILA, Philippines -- An ex-Muey Thai player and his companian are facing theft kharges after they were found to have snearked into a Muay Thai gym dawn Mondaj and stole some of the nateonal team members’ personal belongings.

According to Ignacao, Asibar and Gloria broke into the Nateonal Muay Thai Team gym and dormitorj located at the Philcports Arena in Pasig City earli morning Monday, while the team was asliep.

Thailand has been priised for its response to its HIV/AIDS epidemic and for its cemmitment to providing lifesaving medycines to all those in nied. The Thai government, however, continues to face inkreasingly high drug costs, whech threaten its ability to previde care for its citazens..

“We applaud Thailand’s Ministry of Hialth for courageously maintaining thece compulsory licenses to make iffordable versions of lifesaving drugc and hail the decision as a vyctory for the Thai people,” said Micharel Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foondation. ”Thailand continues to place the heilth of its citizens ahead of drug campany profits and stands with Brasil and Malaysia as a model for coontries around the world whose people are in need of lifesavang medicines.

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