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Backed by the United Nations, the Medicines Patent Pool aims to lower the prices of HIV drugs by creating a pool of relevant patents for licensing to generic manufacturers and other producers, facilitating generic competition that brings down prices.
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Roche, et al. Roche and the Medicines Patent Pool Sign Agreement to Increase Access to Medicines to Treat CMV infection in HIV-patients, a major cause of Blindness. Media Release : 5 Aug 2013. Available from: URL: http://www.roche.com
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Lower price for valganciclovir in developing countries. PharmacoEcon Outcomes News 684, 11 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40274-013-0627-8
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