Members of the South African National Association of People Living With HIV/AIDS protest outside the premises of a phamaceautical company in Johannnesburg, April 16, 2001.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa slammed global pharmaceutical firms on Friday over a covert campaign against its planned overhaul of intellectual property laws to favour cheaper generic drugs, accusing them of a "satanic" plot to commit "genocide".
It is not the first time drugmakers have clashed with Pretoria. A decade ago the industry was forced to climb down in a bruising battle over AIDS drugs patents and access to generics.
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