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    REMDESIVIR PRICING WAR HOTS UP

    Sep 06, 2020 4 minutes
    VUYO MKIZE vuyo.mkize@citypress.co.za

    As the dispute about the pricing of remdesivir – a potential Covid-19 antiviral drug – intensifies, with heated arguments regarding access to and pricing of medicines and medical interventions during a pandemic, at least one more generic pharmaceutical company has entered the fray.

    This week, Indian generic pharmaceutical company Hetero, one of the world’s largest producers of antiretroviral drugs, followed Cipla SA (also a pharmaceutical manufacturer focused on generics) by distributing the drug to South Africa’s private healthcare sector.

    The drug – which was found to reduce the recovery time of patients hospitalised for Covid-19 and needing supplementary oxygen therapy from

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