Abbot Pharmaceuticals to Remove HIV Rx from Thailand

Check out this quick video from BBC News...type in "Thai protests over HIV drugs access" into the search and click on the video that comes up on the right hand side of the page.

I must say...sometimes I wonder whether intellectual property rights involving highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) are valid in developing worlds where they are fighting HIV. Basically, Abbott Laboratories are pulling a highly successful HAART Rx from the Thai market because the Thai government allegedly violated a patent law in manufacturing one of Abbott's earlier versions of the Rx. I don't know anything about IP rights, but I really don't know how this is legal? People's lives are at stake, and the US Pharm Giant is putting pressure on a small developing country to pay high HAART prices. Does anyone know about any subsidies that Big Pharm offers to the developing world? Perhaps Bill and Melinda need to open a pharm co?