Sandoz Provides COVID Portfolio At Cost In Vietnam

Swiss Firm’s ‘COVID-19 Pandemic Response Portfolio’ Encompasses 15 SKUs

Novartis has expanded its efforts to help low- and lower-middle-income countries “mitigate the impact of the pandemic and support healthcare systems,” after signing a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s Ministry of Health providing various treatments for COVID-19 at-cost.

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Vietnam has struggled with demand for COVID medicines • Source: Shutterstock

Novartis’ Sandoz division is to provide generic medicines and biosimilars in Vietnam at-cost for the treatment of severe COVID-19 symptoms, under a memorandum of understanding signed between Novartis and Vietnam’s Ministry of Health.

Signed at the recent Switzerland-Vietnam Business Summit in Bern, to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations...

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