Malaria and tuberculosis together kill 3 million people a year, with the majority of cases and deaths occurring in developing countries. HIV affects populations worldwide, but the number of cases has exceeded epidemic proportions in the poorest regions, especially sub-Saharan Africa, where 5,500 people die of AIDS every day...

Presidential and congressional candidates are now offering several new policy proposals that would affect the pharmaceutical industry. Most of these would attempt to control the price of pharmaceutical products or affect prices by increasing the supply of imported or reimported products. One of the principal policy issues raised by...