South American Pricing Coalition Sets Sights On Alexion’s Soliris and Monoclonal Antibodies

A South American pricing coalition that includes Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina has announced plans to buy high-cost drugs, such as eculizumab (Alexion’s Soliris).

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Mercosur Countries Pursue Joint Purchasing Strategy • Source: Shutterstock

Members of Latin America’s Mercosur trade bloc have made new agreements to wield their collective power to jointly purchase high-cost medicines. It is hoped that the move will lead to price reductions of up to 80%.

Medicines on the coalition’s list include eculizumab (Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Soliris) trastuzumab (Roche’s Herceptin), rituximab (Roche’s MabThera) and...

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