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Projected savings through public health voluntary licences of HIV drugs negotiated by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)

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  • Sandeep Juneja
  • Aastha Gupta
  • Suerie Moon
  • Stephen Resch

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The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) was established in 2010 to ensure timely access to low-cost generic versions of patented antiretroviral (ARV) medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through the negotiation of voluntary licences with patent holders. While robust data on the savings generated by MPP and other major global public health initiatives is important, it is also difficult to quantify. In this study, we estimate the savings generated by licences negotiated by the MPP for ARV medicines to treat HIV/AIDS in LMICs for the period 2010–2028 and generate a cost-benefit ratio–based on people living with HIV (PLHIVs) in any new countries which gain access to an ARV due to MPP licences and the price differential between originator’s tiered price and generics price, within the period where that ARV is patented. We found that the direct savings generated by the MPP are estimated to be USD 2.3 billion (net present value) by 2028, representing an estimated cost-benefit ratio of 1:43, which means for every USD 1 spent on MPP, the global public health community saves USD 43. The saving of USD 2.3 billion is equivalent to more than 24 million PLHIV receiving first-line ART in LMICs for 1 year at average prices today.

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  • Sandeep Juneja & Aastha Gupta & Suerie Moon & Stephen Resch, 2017. "Projected savings through public health voluntary licences of HIV drugs negotiated by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(5), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0177770
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177770
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    1. Massimo Florio & Simona Gamba, 2021. "Biomed Europa: After the coronavirus, a public infrastructure to overcome the pharmaceutical oligopoly," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 92(3), pages 387-409, September.
    2. Shiri Mermelstein & Hilde Stevens, 2022. "TRIPS to Where? A Narrative Review of the Empirical Literature on Intellectual Property Licensing Models to Promote Global Diffusion of Essential Medicines," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/337220, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    3. Schankerman, Mark & Galasso, Alberto, 2020. "Licensing Life-Saving Drugs for Developing Countries: Evidence from the Medicines Patent Pool," CEPR Discussion Papers 15544, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    4. Wang, Lucy Xiaolu, 2022. "Global drug diffusion and innovation with the medicines patent pool," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    5. Billette de Villemeur, Etienne & Dequiedt, Vianney & Versaevel, Bruno, 2021. "Better than a compromise, a third way: Using patent pooling to accelerate access to vaccines and treatments against Covid-19," MPRA Paper 117765, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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