"A little known U.S. group headed by an advisor to President George W. Bush [3] has attacked copycat drugs makers at the world AIDS forum, accusing them of exaggerating claims about the costs, safety and effectiveness of their products." On the first day of the International AIDS Conference, the AIDS Responsibility Project [4] took out a full-page ad in the Bangkok Post critical of cheaper, generic versions of AIDS drugs, which are mostly manufactured in India, Thailand and Brazil. Abner Mason, a member of Bush's HIV/AIDS advisory council, is the founder and head of the AIDS Responsibility Project, which HIV/AIDS policy activists have called [5] "a drug industry-funded front group [6]."