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The good, the bad and the ugly, part II. Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5023.

Common Factor. 1995 Apr;(no 10):27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/95700378
Dubin CS

Abstract: The author provides a second installment to a previous column in which he wrote about the settlement proposal offered by Baxter and Armour and how it demonstrated industry's lack of respect for the hemophilia/HIV community. The author now argues that the courts have shown a less than exemplary track record in helping those who suffer as a result of government or multinational corporation actions, and this record continues. Despite feelings from some in the hemophiliac community that a concerted effort to obtain justice would backfire and harm the community, The Committee of Ten Thousand (COTT) persevered and has gotten a class action suit before the court.
Keywords: Blood-Borne Pathogens Drug Industry Hemophilia/*COMPLICATIONS Hepatitis, Viral, Human/*COMPLICATIONS/TRANSMISSION Human HIV Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/TRANSMISSION Jurisprudence NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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