Twenty-five product developers now working with the MPP to manufacture low-cost, quality-assured treatments for developing countries Geneva, 02 May 2018 — The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today announced five new generic manufacturing partners including the first companies from South Africa and South Korea to sign sublicensing agreements with the organisation. Adcock Ingram (Johannesburg) and Celltrion, Inc. (Incheon), along with Langhua Pharma from China, and Mangalam Drugs & Organics Limited and Arene Lifesciences Ltd. from India, join 20 other product developers working with the MPP to manufacture low-cost medicines for developing countries.  “We are pleased to expand our generic manufacturing network to 25 product developers from across the globe,” said Marie-Paule Kieny, Chair of MPP’s Governance Board. “Our increasing list of suppliers is contributing to the MPP’s overall mission to rapidly improve access to innovative treatments in low- and middle-income countries.” The five new sublicensees...

Former President of the World Hepatitis Alliance brings two decades of experience in public health, patient advocacy and coalition-building to the organisation Geneva, 19 April 2018 — The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) Governance Board today announced the appointment of Charles Gore, founder and former President of the World Hepatitis Alliance, as new MPP Executive Director. Mr. Gore succeeds Greg Perry, Executive Director of the organisation from 2013-2017. Mr. Gore brings to the MPP two decades of work as an advocate for hepatitis C patients and better treatment alternatives. He established the World Hepatitis Alliance in 2007 to raise awareness of viral hepatitis and, under his leadership, it worked with key countries on three World Health Assembly resolutions, culminating in the global agreement to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. The World Hepatitis Alliance has become the largest membership-based hepatitis patient group globally, with 250 member patient organisations from more than 90 nations. Mr....