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Clinton Foundation, UNITAID Announces Reduction in Antiretroviral Rates
April 30, 2008 at 3:54 PM
AIDS/HIV News
The agreements -- made with Indian drug makers Aurobindo Pharma, Cipla and Matrix Laboratories -- will provide discounts on more than 40 generic second-line antiretroviral drug formulations. They will reduce the price of the most commonly used second-line regimens -- tenofovir, lamivudine, and a combination of lopinavir and ritonavir -- according to the Journal.
The new prices are a reduction of as much as 19% when compared with the costs the organizations announced in May 2007, AFP/Yahoo! Newsreports. The new price for a second-line regimen containing tenofovir, lamivudine and lopinavir/ritonavir is a 16% reduction from the current average price in low-income countries and a 46% reduction in middle-income countries, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.
According to Clinton Foundation Chief Operating Officer Anil Soni, the agreements reduce the cost of second-line treatments for adults to about $659 annually from standard market costs of $1,000 to $4,000 annually in low- and middle-income countries, respectively.
UNITAID and CHAI also announced an agreement to provide a pediatric version of a zidovudine-based fixed dose combination therapy at a reduced price of $66 annually. UNITAID is providing a $120 million purchase commitment for 2008 to support the CHAI-negotiated discounts, Soni said.
In addition, UNITAID announced the addition of six new formulations to its pediatric HIV/AIDS treatment project that are more child-friendly than previous versions, according to a CHAI release. These new products include tablets, capsules and fixed-dose combinations that replace individual solutions, which often are difficult to dose, administer and store.
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