Treatment Action Campaign, et al. v. Rath, et al.
Country: South AfricaYear: 2008
Court: High Court (Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division)
Citation: [2008] ZAWCHC 34; [2008] 4 All SA 360 (C)
Health Topics: HIV/AIDS, Medicines
Facts:
Tags: AIDS, Alternative medicines, Antiretrovirals, ARVs, Clinical trials, Drug quality, Drug safety, HIV, People living with HIV/AIDS, Pharmaceuticals, PLHIV, Spurious medicinesThe applicants, T and S, applied for relief against the 12 respondents in relation to certain vitamin-based pharmaceutical products (“Products”) which T and S alleged were being unlawfully distributed and marketed in South Africa as a treatment for AIDS while the distributors discredited legitimate antiretroviral medicines. T and S produced expert testimony that antiretroviral medicines …Read more
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