Astra USA, along with numerous big pharmaceutical companies were sued by publichospitalsand private clinics for allegedly overcharging for outpatient drugs.
Since the program was announced in the spring of 2000, only 4, 000 patients have received the Pfizer antifungal in 120 of the several thousand publicclinicsandhospitals.
Hospitalsandclinics in southern Africa struggle to cope with huge public-health problems as doctors and nurses pack their bags for jobs in the Gulf, Europe and elsewhere.