Leading biopharmaceutical company agrees to license new HIV drug in low-income countries

Published Oct 8, 2024, 4:22 PM

Giant pharmaceutical giant Gilead has announced that it had signed licensing deals with six generic drugmakers to produce and sell its human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention medicine in lower-income countries.

Mia Malan, founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa speaks to POWER Breakfast host Thabiso Tema about the pressure applied to overseas pharmaceuticals  to open lenacapavir to a patent pool that would allow generics to be sold under license in those countries.