Day June 21, 2018

Projected Savings Through Public Health Voluntary Licences of HIV Drugs Negotiated By The Medicines Patent Pool

[Sandeep Juneja, Aastha Gupta, Suerie Moon, and Stephen Resch] Abstract: ... While robust data on the savings generated by MPP and other major global public health initiatives is important, it is also difficult to quantify. In this study, we estimate the savings generated by licences negotiated by the MPP for ARV medicines to treat HIV/AIDS in LMICs for the period 2010–2028 and generate a cost-benefit ratio–based on people living with HIV (PLHIVs) in any new countries which gain access to an ARV due to MPP licences and the price differential between originator’s tiered price and generics price, within the period where that ARV is patented.