Industry committee  Sure. It's “Akagizeebway”.

Industry committee  “Akagizeebway”, yes, phonetically. It's quite long. In response to the question, I think we need to recognize also that we have made tremendous progress with regard to access to HIV treatment, but the number of people who are still in need greatly outreaches the people who have

Industry committee  Yes, I think removing the necessity for a country to first express intent to procure from a Canadian company will certainly cut through a lot of the inhibitions, as I mentioned. First, the tender process is the process through which a company decides which company it wants to p

Industry committee  Yes, I can venture a response. From my understanding of the process, one of the reasons it took a long time was that the legislation requires that the country first express its desire to purchase the drugs from the Canadian company, which is a bit of a catch-22 situation, because

Industry committee  I'm afraid I can't actually comment on that; I haven't had enough direct conversation with people who have attempted to use the regime. But from what I was familiar with when I was in Rwanda, which is around the time these negotiations were taking place, I think there was certa

Industry committee  I'm going to ask for some assistance. Can you hear me? Can I carry on in the meantime?

Industry committee  Is that better?

Industry committee  Okay. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the fact that in 2007 Rwanda took a landmark step of notifying the WTO of its potential interest in importing a fixed dose combination of AZT, 3TC, and nevirapine from Apotex. Beyond the global significance of being the first and in fac

Industry committee  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to address the committee on this. I work with the AIDS Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, which is a regional African organization of NGOs that are connecting people living with or affected by HIV. I'm not in a position to give you a det

Industry committee  My apologies for the wait, sir.