When drugs can be manufactured for a fraction of a cost, the government is able to buy and subsidise the said medication, allowing for a more affordable and accessible health care. It is for that very reason that most countries struggle to comprehend nor believe that the cost of health care services in a government clinic in Malaysia is as low as RM 1 (USD 0.25). With just RM 1, Malaysians are able to get consultation, be examined by trained doctors, go through diagnostic imaging such as X-ray and receive medications that of multiple types. If the government succeed in enabling manufacturers from Egypt or India to produce sofosbuvir’s generic other half, MSF estimates that the cost of a 12 weeks treatment can be dropped down to as low as RM 480 (USD 120). MSF especially, rely on supplies of generic drugs for their humanitarian missions.
301 report: a respond from American pharmaceutical bodies
The issuing of the license on sofosbuvir patent is the stepping stone of a paradigm shift in treating Hepatitis C and in Malaysia’s effort to combat and control the burden of chronic diseases. It will benefit millions of patients but the move is not without retaliation.
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