FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Ebola drug Remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020, as the spread of coronavirus disease continues. Ulrich Perrey/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoREUTERS: A bipartisan group of state attorneys general on Tuesday urged the US government to allow other companies to make Gilead Sciences' COVID-19 treatment, remdesivir, to increase its availability and lower the price of the antiviral drug.
In the letter, the coalition, led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, urged the federal government to exercise its rights under the Bayh-Dole Act and license remdesivir to third-party manufacturers to scale up production.The letter went to the heads of the US Health and Human Services department, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration.
The government said it would receive around 94,000 treatment courses in July, 175,000 in August, and another 233,000 in September. "Shipments are coordinated by the federal and we have a bad disconnect between what they think we need and what we really need," US Senator Marco Rubio of Florida tweeted last month, before announcing further allocation to his hard-hit state.
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