The patent on the tuberculosis drug bedaquiline expires today. How an innovative deal will give millions access to cheaper TB drugs:
, infecting approximately 10 million people per year and killing 1.5 million people globally. Over the decades, strains of the bacteria that cause TB can no longer be treated with the most common TB medicines and approximately half a million people become infected with multidrug-resistant TB each year, requiring the treatment of bedaquiline.
However, a never-before-seen deal between Johnson & Johnson and Global Drug Facility, a non-profit organization, could dramatically expand access to bedaquiline. Founded in 2001, Global Drug Facility is funded primarily by the U.S. Agency for International Development to promote access to tuberculosis treatments and diagnosis around the world. It negotiates with drug companies to buy tuberculosis drugs at a single, lower price for all lower and middle income countries. As of July, GDF pays $272 for a six month period of treatment of bedaquiline.
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