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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | UN welcomes pact to improve access of patented AIDS drugs in poor countries

UN welcomes pact to improve access of patented AIDS drugs in poor countries

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published Published on Jul 12, 2011   modified Modified on Jul 12, 2011

-The United Nations

 

The United Nations agency mandated to spearhead the global response to HIV/AIDS today welcomed the new license agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool and the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in developing countries.

The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said the agreement marks the first time a pharmaceutical company has signed an agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool, describing it as a turning point for future private sector collaboration in sharing innovation to advance the global response to HIV.

The Medicines Patent Pool negotiates with patent holders to share their intellectual property with the Pool, then licensing it to other producers to facilitate the production of affordable generic medicines well-adapted for use in poorer countries.

Under the agreement, Gilead will share intellectual property on a range of medicines to treat HIV/AIDS. The agreement will allow for the production of the medicines tenofovir, emtricitabine, cobicistat, and elvitegravir as well as a combination of the products in a single pill known as the “Quad.” Cobicistat, elvitegravir and Quad are still in clinical development.

Companies interested in producing generic versions of the medicines for developing countries will be able to approach the Patent Pool to negotiate licensing terms.

“This agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool and Gilead signals a new era in the response to HIV with private and public sectors working hand in hand for the best interests of public health,” said Michel Sidibé, the Executive Director of UNAIDS.

“I hope today’s announcement will inspire other pharmaceutical companies to follow suit to share intellectual property and innovation to make new technological advances in HIV treatment available sooner to the people that need them most,” he added.

The agreement is especially significant because tenofovir is one of the first-line medicines for HIV/AIDS recommended for use by the UN World Health Organization (WHO), according to guidelines released last year. Under the new agreement, tenofovir will also be licensed for use to treat Hepatitis B, a common and serious co-infection of HIV.

The United Nations, 12 July, 2011, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39018&Cr=hiv&Cr1=aids


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