Research Institution: University of Liverpool
Date: December 2015

In December 2015, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced a collaborative agreement with the University of Liverpool, and a licence for the university’s Solid Drug Nanoparticle (SDN) Technology, to develop HIV nano-medicines.

The agreement covers a territory of 137 low- and middle-income countries where sublicensees are allowed to make, use and distribute antiretrovirals based on SDN technology.

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