A day after the revised NLEM was announced, a committee member told ET that it took several rounds of discussions to get the pharmaceutical stakeholders on board to include patented medicines in the NLEM list. This is the first time that patented medicines which otherwise get an exemption from price control have been included in the list. There are four patented drugs which have been added this time.
Prices of several anti-diabetes drugs, patented antivirals used in the treatment of tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis C are set to get cheaper with their inclusion in the latest edition of National List of Essential Medicines, 2022, released on Tuesday.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on October 6 that it has received EU regulatory approval for the pediatric dispersible-tablet formulation of its pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment Deltyba (delamanid). The European Commission granted approval for the 25 mg dispersible tablet formulation for…
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) announces that the oral anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug Deltyba® (delamanid) has been approved in Russia. In 2017 Otsuka entered into an agreement granting commercialization rights in Russia and 11 other countries in the region to the R-Pharm Group, based in the Russian Federation.
The Union health ministry is planning to make life-saving anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug Delamanid available across the country. It is the only drug that the World Health Organisation has approved for use in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) patients as young as six.
Johnson and Johnson asked to cut down price of new TB drug
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Macleods Pharmaceuticals and US drug giant Johnson & Johnson(J&J) are in talks for a voluntary licence deal for the tuberculosis drug Bedaquiline, EThas learnt.
WHO invites applications from drug companies for pre-qualification of MDR TB drugs