South Africa awards 5.9 billion-rand antivirals tender; Panacela Russian contract

29 November 2012

The South African government has announced a 5.9 billion rand ($665 million) tender awarded to three pharmaceutical companies on Thursday for single-dose antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for the government's HIV treatment campaign.

Making the announcement in Pretoria, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that the majority of South Africans on state-sponsored ARV treatment for HIV would, from April 2013, need only one tablet instead of the current three per day. He added that South Africa had managed to reduce the cost of the tender - for a single dose of the triple combination of tenofovir, emtricitabine and efavirenz - by 38%, a massive saving of 2.2 billion rand.

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