A WHO-led program to ensure poorer countries get fair access to Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral drugs for patients with mild symptoms for as little as $10 per course, a draft document seen by Reuters says.
Merck & Co's experimental pill molnupiravir is likely to be one of the drugs, and other drugs to treat mild patients are being developed.The document, which outlines the goals of the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator until September next year, says that the program wants to deliver about 1 billion Covid-19 tests to poorer nations, and procure drugs to treat up to 120 million patients globally, out of about 200 million new cases it estimates in the next 12 months.
Poorer nations could miss out againThe ACT-A document says that its target is to reach a deal by the end of November to secure the supply of an"oral outpatient drug," which it aims to be available from the first quarter of next year.
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