terça-feira, abril 10, 2007
Abbott baixa preço do Kaletra até 55%
Abbott Agrees with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General to Expand Access to Kaletra/Aluvia (lopinavir/ritonavir)
Abbott Reduces Price of Kaletra/Aluvia in Low and Low-Middle Income Countries to $1,00 [gralha cómica... devem querer dizer $1.000]
Abbott Park, Illinois, April 10, 2007 — Abbott and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Margaret Chan, have agreed on a balanced approach to provide Kaletra/Aluvia (lopinavir/ritonavir) capsules and tablets to more patients in the developing world, while supporting continued long-term biopharmaceutical research and development. In the interest of international public health, Director-General Chan approached Abbott to discuss how to improve affordability and access while maintaining incentives to support developing new medicines.
To meet the needs of countries committed to expanding HIV/AIDS treatment, Abbott will offer the governments of more than 40 low and low-middle income countries (as defined by World Bank criteria) and NGOs a new price of $1,000 per patient per year. This price is lower than any generic price available in the world today for this medicine and is approximately 55 percent less than the average current price for these countries.
Abbott will immediately begin discussions with individual countries where Abbott’s patents are respected to maximize the number of patients that can be provided Kaletra/Aluvia capsules and tablets at this new price.
Abbott is taking this action in order to further increase access and address the debate around pricing of HIV medicines: by increasing affordability while preserving the system that enables the discovery of new medicines. The patents of scientists and inventors must exist so that there are incentives for sustained research and development. Without this system, the miracle drugs the world enjoys today, including HIV medicines, would not exist.
Specifically, with regard to Thailand, Abbott appreciates and fully respects the suggestion of Director-General Chan that more work needs to be done with the government of Thailand to achieve a positive outcome. Meanwhile, Kaletra capsules remain available in Thailand and will be eligible for the new price.
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