Colombia Celebrates Massive Hep C Price Fall Thanks to Joint Procurement

Colombian authorities have welcomed savings of 90% for hepatitis C treatments thanks to a pooled procurement initiative supported by the Pan American Health Organization.

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Colombia is celebrating huge price reductions for Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Harvoni (sofosbuvir plus ledispavir) and a combination of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Daklinza (daclatasvir) and Gilead’s Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), thanks to a joint purchasing initiative backed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

The cost of the Daklinza/Sovaldi combination in Colombia will go from Pesos 137.2m ($46,069) to Pesos 29m ($9,728) per person....

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