In the late nineties, medicines were created to curb the impact of HIV, charged at £10,000 per person per year. As a result, AIDS associated deaths dropped by 84 percent in developed countries. But to maintain profits and apparently fund research, the drugs companies refused to licence more affordable versions, leaving millions to die in countries that could not afford such high prices.
Fire in the Blood narrates the remarkable true story of the global activists who laid down their lives and reputations to overturn the situation.
