[Pharm-policy] The Independent: TB drug discounts

[Mike Palmedo]

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=81844

Threat of TB forces manufacturers to sell drugs cheaply
By Charles Arthur, Technology Editor
05 July 2001

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The companies, including Eli Lilly, will sell three treatments for TB at
between half and one-tenth of their usual cost in a deal brokered by the
World Health Organisation (WHO). They will be used to treat people in
countries such as Russia, Peru and the Philippines. Latvia and Estonia
should join the scheme shortly.

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It says that Eli Lilly will provide two treatments ­ capreomycin and
cycloserine ­ to the WHO for $1, a 97 per cent discount on its normal
price.

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The WHO is still trying to seal agreements for cheap supplies for two
other drugs, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin.

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