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Shionogi and Medicines Patent Pool Partner To Bring COVID-19 Anti-Viral To 117 Countries

Shionogi Follows Pfizer And Merck In Striking LMIC Anti-viral Agreement With MPP

 
• By Rosalind Rei

A license agreement between Shionogi and the Medicines Patent Pool aims to widen access to Shionogi’s oral COVID-19 anti-viral ensitrelvir in low to middle-income countries. The investigational drug reduced Omicron-related symptoms in a recent Phase III trial.

Oral tablet being held up by person in blue medical gloves and lab coat

Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co Ltd. and the Medicines Patent Pool have signed a license agreement to widen access to an investigational COVID-19 drug in low- and middle-income countries.

The agreement centers around Shionogi’s antiviral candidate ensitrelvir fumaric acid

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