Medicines Patent Pool, MPP and MERCK, on Friday, announced a licence with MSD, in the United States, for pediatric formulations of raltegravir medicine approved for the use of children, four weeks of age and older, living with HIV. With the new licence, generic manufacturers and companies based anywhere in the world can develop, manufacture and…
HIV Test As Season’s Gift
Kehinde Bademosi, founder of the Orange Academy, has inspired this piece. The brand expert disclosed that he has been living with the ‘damn’ HIV virus for 15 years. His story appeared in a post on Facebook to mark World AIDS Day on December 1, 2014. Kenny’s story was the most re-tweeted and re-blogged story of…
Court Lifts NAFDAC Ban On Abalaka’s HIV Vaccines
A Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on Friday, November 14, lifted the ban placed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on the use of Dr. Jeremiah Abalaka’s patented vaccines for the treatment of HIV. The Court, which was presided over by Justice Binta Nyako, also stopped…