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Low-Cost AIDS Drugs for Africa

By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 19 Mar 2001
Didanosine (Videx) and stavudine (Zerit) will be available to treat AIDS patients in every country in Africa that wishes to participate for only US$1.00 per day, according to an announcement from Bristol-Myers Squibb (New York, NY, USA), the maker of the drugs.

The drugs will be made available under the Access partnership Bristol-Myers has with international agencies, including UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, World Bank, UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund. More...
The prices of the drugs, below Bristol-Myers' cost, will be 15 cents per day for stavudine and 85 cents per day for didanosine.

Bristol-Myers has also announced that the company will ensure that its patents do not prevent inexpensive HIV/AIDS therapy in Africa. The patent for stavudine will be made available at no cost to treat AIDS in South Africa under an agreement Bristol-Myers has concluded with Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA), which owns the patent rights. Bristol-Myers also is expanding it philanthropic "Secure the Future” program by pledging an additional US$15 million, raising its total level of commitment to $115 million. This initiative works with African governments and communities to bring local solutions to the AIDS epidemic.

"This is not about profits and patents; it's about poverty and a devastating disease,” said John L. McGoldrick, executive vice president. Bristol-Myers Squibb. "The facts are clear: the African continent is at risk, health infrastructure needs are huge, and urgent action is needed now.”



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