#Wikileaks cables on the US opposition to #Philippines legislation on affordable #medicines | Knowledge Ecology International
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Another incredible element of the cables are the admissions that the Philippines government is simply trying to protect poor people — at the same time the Embassy and White House trade officials are plotting against poor people. For example, this is from a September 11, 2009 cable by Kristie Kenney, then the United States Ambassador to the Philippines (currently Ambassador to Thailand).
“Prescription medication prices in the Philippines are the second highest in Asia (next to Japan), in a country where about a third of the population subsists below the official poverty line. In this instance, some multinational companies failed to recognize that cheaper medicine for the masses is an emotional and political issue.”