Globalization, Pharmaceutical Pricing
and South African Health Policy:

Managing Confrontation with
U.S. Firms and Politicians

By Patrick Bond

International Journal of Health Services (v.29,#4,1999, pp.765-792)

POST-APARTHEID HEALTH POLICY

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRESSURE POINTS
An International Effort
The United States Government Makes its Case
Special 301 Watch List
Withholding GSP
Securing South African Assurances
Repeated Efforts to Resolve the Issue
The Vice President's Plan for a Negotiated Solution
A "New" Medicines Law
Latest Efforts
Next Steps

PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS PRESSURE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

RESISTANCE

POSTSCRIPT: PHARMACEUTICAL PRICING AND STREET POLITICS