But then it was returned to the market, with the requirement that patients be enrolled in a special program called TOUCH, at a higher price.

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The bailout will come at a price, however: Sarkozy made special mention of how failing institutions would not be rescued without curbs on executive pay or a change in strategy.

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But effective therapies are currently expensive and, despite the widespread demands at the conference for special arrangements that would lower their price in poor countries, are unlikely to become cheap enough for routine use there for some time.

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His time at the Royal Opera House saw access to performances widened through nationwide big screen relays, the introduction of special low-price ticket schemes and the purchase of a DVD company, Opus Arte, to distribute recordings globally.

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