Hope For Price Flexibility After India Pretomanid Go-Ahead

Mylan gets approval in India for pretomanid as part of a combination regimen with bedaquiline and linezolid, providing new hope to patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis. Volume changes may provide opportunities to tweak prices.  

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Mylan N.V. has received regulatory clearance for pretomanid in India, improving the prospects of expanded access to the new treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis, amid disturbing signals that the world’s most deadly infection may rebound sharply while healthcare systems are currently burdened with treating COVID-19.

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