Renegotiations
Brazil will be negotiating with pharmaceutical producer Abbott over their prices for AIDS drugs:
According to ministry spokesperson Estenio Brasileino, the government last week sent a letter to Abbott after several Brazilian drug makers notified the ministry that they could manufacture and market a generic version of Kaletra for 41 cents per pill, compared with Abbott's price of $1.17 per pill (Prada, New York Times, 8/19)
That's a huge price difference. Considering that Brazil provides the drug in question to over 23,000 residents, the savings will be immense. If Abbott won't lower prices to a more reasonable level, I hope Brazil will have the guts to go generic.
According to ministry spokesperson Estenio Brasileino, the government last week sent a letter to Abbott after several Brazilian drug makers notified the ministry that they could manufacture and market a generic version of Kaletra for 41 cents per pill, compared with Abbott's price of $1.17 per pill (Prada, New York Times, 8/19)
That's a huge price difference. Considering that Brazil provides the drug in question to over 23,000 residents, the savings will be immense. If Abbott won't lower prices to a more reasonable level, I hope Brazil will have the guts to go generic.
posted by onlooker at 12:06 PM
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