MARCH 31, 2023

ViiV Sublicenses Cabotegravir Patents to 3 Companies to Make Generic Versions for Developing Countries

By IDSE News Staff

ViiV Healthcare with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) signed sublicense agreements with Aurobindo, Cipla and Viatris—through its subsidiary Mylan—to manufacture generic versions of cabotegravir long-acting (CAB-LA; Apretude) for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This action is enabled by the signing of a voluntary licensing agreement for patents related to CAB-LA for PrEP with MPP in July 2022.

Only seven months after the first regulatory approval of CAB-LA for