But although trade rules provide legal ways for poor nations to get cheap medicine, there are other obstacles.
Don't let them talk you into no cheap, untried medicines.
Tempted to buy cheap medicines from a pharmacy Web site?
"Why should the dog and the cat get cheaper medicines?"
On Thursday, 39 drug companies agreed to drop a lawsuit intended to block a law that would expand access to cheaper medicines.
The industry says these penalties could "undermine access to cheap medicines" for Moroccans.
They say antibiotic resistance, not cost, is the reason to switch to an older and cheaper medicine.
He's bought some cheap and nasty medicine for about thirty five pence got rid of.
Those countries are invariably poorer and would benefit from these cheaper medicines.
Countries without a pharmaceuticals industry of their own are dependent on the import of cheap medicines.
