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Pfizer, the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation have teamed up
to expand access to the drug giant’s injectable contraceptive Sayana Press
(medroxyprogesterone acetate) in 69 of the world’s poorest countries.
The collaboration will
effectively subsidise the sale of Pfizer’s contraceptive, which is already
available throughout Africa for around $1.50 a dose, so that qualified
purchasers can get it at the cheaper price of $1 per dose, giving the poorest
women in these countries access at reduced or no cost.
Sayana Press combines a long-acting, reversible, contraceptive with an
all-in-one pre-filled, single-use, non-reusable Uniject injection system that
eliminates the need to prepare a needle and syringe. This allows the the drug
to be administered by health workers to women at home or in other convenient
settings.
“Pfizer saw an opportunity to
address the needs of women living in hard-to-reach areas, and specifically
enhanced the product’s technology with public health in mind,” said John Young,
president of Pfizer's global established pharma business.
More than 200 million women in
developing countries want to delay pregnancy or prevent undesired pregnancy but
are not using any method of contraception. “Far too many women die or are
harmed because of unwanted pregnancies,” said Michael Anderson, chief executive
at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, noting that the Pfizer deal will
help expand the choice of affordable contraceptives
Read more at: http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/14-11-13/Pfizer_Gates_Foundation_to_expand_birth_control_access.aspx#ixzz3JIwfqmLy
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