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Miami Herald - Thursday, June 7, 2001
Pfizer announced the program, developed with the United Nations and World Health Organization, at the UN. There is no time limit on the offer. Pfizer expects to provide about $50 million worth of Diflucan to 100,000 people in the next two years in South Africa alone.
About half of Diflucan's $1 billion in 2000 sales were made in the U.S., where the drug is advertised for treating vaginal yeast infections. Diflucan also can treat mild cases of fungal brain infections, which occur in about 10 percent of patient with advanced AIDS. Diflucan can then be continued to ward off recurrence of these infections.
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