PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s landmark decision to invoke a “government-use” licence to get access to affordable versions of a hepatitis C drug will have a major impact on global efforts to open up expensive treatments to more people, the Geneva-based Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) said.
This should give 400,000 people living with hepatitis C in Malaysia access to sofosbuvir, DNDi executive director Dr Bernard Pécoul said in a statement on Wednesday.
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