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This is incorrect. Some companies have privately made deals to offer heavy discounts on their drugs, but they have not agreed to allow production of generic versions of the drugs. Also, the story's dateline was incorrect and has been corrected to say Kampala, Uganda. Salon regrets these errors. Salon regrets these errors.