Servier and ViiV Healthcare to launch HIV drug production in Russia

30 April 2019

HIV specialist company ViiV Healthcare, which is majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK), has officially launched full-cycle production of an innovative drug for the treatment of HIV in Russia at the facilities of French independent drugmaker Servier’s plant in Moscow, according to recent statements by the Moscow city government, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent.

The drug in question is Tivicay (dolutegravir) and the production contract was signed between the companies for a period of five years. Technical and financial details of the project are not disclosed.

An initiative for the beginning of production of dolutegravir in Russia was for the first time put forward in 2015 after the registration of the drug in the local market.

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