Drug for HIV / AIDS treatment: 1 USD / tablet

On May 8, former US President Bill Clinton announced that his Clinton Foundation had signed an agreement with two HIV / AIDS remedy manufacturers to provide some cheap new generation HIV / AIDS medicines for 66 countries. developing.

According to the agreement between the Clinton Foundation and two pharmaceutical companies, Cipla and Matrix, the second line of anti-HIV / AIDS medicines specifically reduces 25% for low-income countries and 50% in countries like Thailand or Brazil. These are drugs that are prescribed for antiviral patients and are currently 10 times more expensive than the first-line drugs.

In addition, the Clinton Foundation also provides first-line treatments that will cost less than 1 USD / tablet to enable patients to use one tablet a day. As expected, at this price, the cost of treatment for an HIV / AIDS patient will be 339 USD / year, 45% lower than the current cost of treatment in African countries and 67% in many earning countries. enter medium.

Mr. Clinton said that low-price drugs will contribute to reducing the burden on the health budgets of developing countries as well as helping patients to access the most effective medicine.

The Clinton Foundation said that with funding from the airline tax under the international drug-buying program, from July 2007, his fund will have 16 cheap drugs used to treat HIV / AIDS provides poor countries.

L.XAN