New Zealand proposal to list HIV treatment Tivicay and amend Kivexa listing

8 September 2016

New Zealand’s Pharmaceutical Management Agency PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list a new treatment for HIV, dolutegravir (Tivicay) and to amend the listing of a currently-funded HIV treatment, abacavir sulphate with lamivudine (Kivexa).

This proposal has arisen as a result of a provisional agreement with the local subsidiary of UK pharma major GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK). Tivicay was developed by GSK’s majority-owned affiliate ViiV Healthcare, while Kivexa came from GSK’s own research, before ViiV was established in 2009.

In summary, this proposal would result in, from November 1, 2016:

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