MPP Strikes Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir Deal For HIV PrEP

Prospective Sub-Licensees Have Until 4 September To Submit Expressions Of Interest

After the Medicines Patent Pool secured a licensing deal with ViiV Healthcare for long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, prospective generic sub-licensees have until 4 September to submit expressions of interest.

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The MPP has secured a license for long-acting injectable cabotegravir • Source: Shutterstock

The Medicines Patent Pool and ViiV Healthcare have struck a voluntary licensing deal that will allow MPP partners to develop, manufacture and supply generic versions of long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in 90 low-income, lower middle-income and Sub-Saharan African countries.

“This announcement comes just seven months after the first regulatory approval of cabotegravir LA for PrEP in the world, by...

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