Pharmaceutical companies discount AIDS drugs, but worry about profits 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, April 23, 2001
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<TAB>C. L. Clemente speaks with the bluntness of a man beyond exasperation.<@SM><@SM><TAB>The Pfizer Inc. executive vice president has heard endless criticism from AIDS activists who insist loudly and often that the pharmaceutical companies are more interested in protecting their profits than ending the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Clemente counters that Pfizer wants to help, but there are limits.