IIR Industry Alert: Demand for HIV/AIDS Drugs Spurs Millions in Plant Expansions

IIR Industry Alert: Demand for HIV/AIDS Drugs Spurs Millions in Plant Expansions

Business Wire - December 2, 2002

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002--Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston). Although a relatively new disease, HIV/AIDS has rapidly become one of the world's top healthcare priorities over the past two decades. Approximately 60 million individuals have been infected with the deadly virus worldwide and almost 20 million have already succumbed to its effects. Pharmaceutical companies across the globe are scrambling to bring effective treatments to market.

For more information on this trend, including project details, view the entire article at www.industrialinfo.com.

Established in 1983, Industrial Information Resources Incorporated (IIR) is a leading source for industrial market information covering the industrial process, manufacturing and energy markets. IIR products include: project leads, plant databases, market analysis and statistics, industry forecasts and software solutions. IIR tracks project spending trends in the pharmaceutical-biotech industry and has available the 2002 U.S. Pharmaceutical-Biotech Industry Forecast. For more information, send inquiries to pharmabiogroup@industrialinfo.com or visit us at www.industrialinfo.com.

CONTACT: Industrialinfo.com, Houston

Mike Bergen, 713/783-5147

SOURCE: Industrialinfo.com

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