Licensing deals struck for cheaper Pfizer Covid pill

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Coronavirus disease treatment pills Paxlovid and Molnupiravir are seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Jennifer Lorenzini

 

Thirty-five generic drug manufacturers including Vietnam's Stellapharm will make a more affordable version of Pfizer's anti-Covid pill for the world's poorer nations, in licensing deals announced Thursday.

 

The global Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), a U.N.-backed organization, signed agreements with three dozen manufacturers to produce the oral Covid-19 treatment nirmatrelvir for supply in 95 low- and middle-income countries.

 

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer signed a license agreement with the MPP in November. The MPP, in turn, issued sub-licenses to the generic drugs makers.

 

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