Dolutegravir pills used in the treatment of HIV are seen at the Kenyan ministry of health offices in Nairobi, Kenya, June 27, 2017. — Reuters pic
If approved by regulators, the medicine will be the first new generation HIV medicine available in baby-friendly form. ViiV’s CEO Deborah Waterhouse added in a statement: “For parents living in resource-poor countries, the ability to give medicine to children in a format that they can swallow and tolerate can mean the difference between life and death.”
Helen McDowell, ViiV’s head of government affairs and global public health, said that subject to licences being granted by US and European drug regulators, the company was planning for an initial roll-out in sub-Saharan Africa next year.
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