Use WTO provisions to bring in Covid-19 drug, urges MP

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Klang MP Charles Santiago says this will lower the price of treatment using generic versions of antiviral drug Remdesivir. FMTNews WTO Covid19

Covid-19 patients currently have to fork out about RM10,000 to be treated with Remdesivir at government hospitals or RM13,000 at private hospitals.

He said this was because Malaysia was importing the original patented version from the US instead of generic types from India and Pakistan. “This is too much. We are having a pandemic but the company is making profits. Putrajaya should talk to other governments in Southeast Asia and put a stop to this.”

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