En dĂ©cembre 2013, le Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) a annoncĂ© un accord avec la sociĂ©tĂ© biopharmaceutique Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) pour accroĂźtre l’accĂšs Ă  un mĂ©dicament clĂ© contre le VIH, l’atazanavir (ATV), qui fait partie du traitement de deuxiĂšme intention prĂ©fĂ©rĂ© par l’Organisation mondiale de la SantĂ© (OMS) pour adulte et enfant.

En juillet 2017, le MPP a signĂ© une extension de son accord de licence pour y inclure 12 pays supplĂ©mentaires : l’AlgĂ©rie, les Ăźles Cook, l’Égypte, la GuinĂ©e Ă©quatoriale, l’IndonĂ©sie, la Malaisie, le Maroc, NiouĂ©, les Philippines, la Tunisie, l’Ukraine et le Vietnam.

La licence permet la fabrication gĂ©nĂ©rique d’ATV pour sa vente dans au moins 122 pays, qui abritent ensemble 89 % des personnes vivant avec le VIH dans les pays Ă  revenu faible et intermĂ©diaire.

Principales caractéristiques
Eligibility for sublicences Sublicences can be issued to qualified entities worldwide.
Manufacturing Allows for the manufacturing of generic active pharmaceutical ingredient and finished formulations of ATV anywhere in the world.
Geographical scope for sale Allows for sale in at least 122 countries where 89% of people with HIV in low- and middle-income countries live.
Sales outside the licensed territory Enables manufacturers that do not rely on BMS technology to sell outside the 122 countries if no granted patent is being infringed. This includes cases in which a compulsory licence is issued.
Royalties Three percent royalty for adult formulations in countries where granted patents on ATV are in force. Royalties to be collected by MPP and channeled back to a community-based HIV organization in the country paying the royalty. Royalties not payable for paediatric formulations or for sales of adult formulations in Sub-Saharan Africa and India.
Quality assurance Licensees must obtain approval from WHO Pre-qualification, or a Stringent Regulatory Authority. Where such approval is not yet available, temporary approval from a WHO Expert Review Panel may be obtained.
Combinations Sublicensees have the right to combine ATV with other ARVs and to develop new fixed-dose combinations.
Data exclusivity Data exclusivity is waived in countries with such form of protection, thus facilitating regulatory approval of generics.
Patent disclosure The licence discloses the list of pending and granted patents worldwide at the time of licence signing.
Technology transfer A technology transfer package is provided to all the sub-licensees, but there is no obligation to use the technology.

See related licence

Liste des pays
Afghanistan, AlgĂ©rie, Angola, Antigua-et-Barbuda, ArmĂ©nie, AzerbaĂŻdjan, Bangladesh, BĂ©larus, Belize, BĂ©nin, Bhoutan, Bolivie (État plurinational de), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodge, Cameroun, Cabo Verde, RĂ©publique centrafricaine, Tchad, Comores, Îles Cook, Costa Rica, CĂŽte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Congo, la RĂ©publique dĂ©mocratique de, Djibouti, Dominique, RĂ©publique dominicaine, Équateur, Égypte, El Salvador, GuinĂ©e Ă©quatoriale, ÉrythrĂ©e, Eswatini, Éthiopie, Fidji, Gabon, Gambie, GĂ©orgie, Ghana, Grenade, Guatemala, GuinĂ©e, GuinĂ©e-Bissau, Guyane, HaĂŻti, Honduras, Inde, IndonĂ©sie, Iraq, JamaĂŻque, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, CorĂ©e (RĂ©publique populaire dĂ©mocratique), Kirghizistan, Lao, RĂ©publique dĂ©mocratique populaire, Lesotho, LibĂ©ria, Libye, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaisie, Maldives, Mali, Îles Marshall, Mauritanie, Maurice, MicronĂ©sie (États fĂ©dĂ©rĂ©s de), Moldova, la RĂ©publique de, Mongolie, Maroc, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibie, Nauru, NĂ©pal, Nicaragua, Niger, NigĂ©ria, Niue, Pakistan, Palaos, Panama, Papouasie-Nouvelle-GuinĂ©e, Philippines, Congo, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao TomĂ©-et-Principe, SĂ©nĂ©gal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Îles Salomon, Somalie, Afrique du Sud, Soudan du Sud, Sri Lanka, Sainte-Lucie, Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis, Saint-Vincent-et-les Grenadines, Soudan, Suriname, RĂ©publique arabe syrienne, Tadjikistan, Tanzanie, RĂ©publique-Unie de, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisie, TurkmĂ©nistan, Tuvalu, Ouganda, Ukraine, OuzbĂ©kistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, État de Palestine, YĂ©men, Zambie, Zimbabwe