The B case opens with Wellcome PLC's announcement of the wholesale price of AZT (see the A case, UVA-E-0074). The remainder of the case chronicles the responses of various groups involved in the AIDS crisis: Wellcome's investors, U.S. government officials, members of the medical community, and AIDS activists. The case concludes with Wellcome's defense of its pricing rationale. See also the C case (UVA-E-0076)