ACT UP Against Pfizer.

• Position: Demonstration for lower AIDS medication in South Africa - Brief Article

New York City

On July 14, members of the AIDS activist group ACT UP New York marched on East 42nd Street past the headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. The protesters demanded that Pfizer make the HIV/AIDS medication Diflucan (fluconazole) affordable for people in South Africa. According to an ACT UP press release, last year Pfizer earned $1.2 billion in revenue from fluconazole sales. The South African government estimates that about 1,700 more people...