Medicines Patent Pool Boosts HIV Drug Prospects With First Licence | Intellectual Property Watch
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"The Medicines Patent Pool and pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences today announced a breakthrough licence agreement to allow for the production of key HIV medicines at lower cost and in an easier-to-use formulation, making them more accessible to developing countries. The agreement also opens up the use of treatments for Hepatitis B for the first time...."