Big Pharma Advances Efforts In TB But Pricing Stays Key Concern
Executive Summary
Price cuts, new treatments for TB and alliances to improve access to these medicines were among the key talking points at the recently concluded Union World Conference on Lung Health in India. TB survivors and activists were also vocal and pressed hard for their demands to be heard.
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