Merck inks pact with four generic drugmakers in India for HIV drug

Merck has signed voluntary licensing agreements with four Indian generic drugmakers to manufacture and supply the investigational HIV pill Alimatravir. The deal covers 129 low- and middle-income countries and aims to improve global access to HIV prevention treatments.
Pharma major Merck (known as MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada) has signed non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements with generic drugmakers Aurobindo Pharma, Cipla, Emcure and Viatris in India to enable supply of its investigational, once-monthly oral pill HIV pill Alimatravir.
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