Case Study

GlaxoSmithKline and AIDS drugs in South Africa (B): The settlement

2 pages
February 2005
Reference: IMD-3-1497

The B- part of the cases focuses on the outcome of the lawsuit against the South African government. But the demands from the NGOs keep on coming and Garnier, the CEO of GSK, is faced with some tough decisions to make. Should he allow licensing? How should he deal with parallel importation?

Keywords
Non-market Competition, Ethics, Pharmaceuticals, AIDS
Settings
Africa, South Africa
GlaxoSmithKline, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals
2001 - 2004
Type
Published Sources
Copyright
© 2005
Available Languages
English
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