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Panel formed on anti-AIDS drugs
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI
NOV. 17.
The Union Health Ministry today constituted a high-power working group, including representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, to explore the possibility of a cut in the prices of anti-AIDS drugs (anti-retrovirals) to bring them within the reach of every affected person. At present, while about five lakh people are estimated to require the drugs, only about 25,000 have access to them because of the high cost.Headed by the Union Health Secretary, Prasada Rao, the panel will finalise its report in a week. It was set up at the end of a meeting convened by the Union Health Minister, Sushma Swaraj.
The meeting and the subsequent establishment of the working group come in the wake of an agreement reached recently by a foundation headed by the former U.S. President, Bill Clinton, and four drugs companies, under which the companies have agreed to provide the anti-AIDS drugs at drastically reduced prices for AIDS victims in some countries in Africa and the Caribbean region. Of the four companies, three are from India — Ranbaxy, Cipla and Matrix Laboratories.
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