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Infectious disease

J&J will not enforce TB drug patent

by Laura Howes
October 6, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 33

 

Structure of bedaquiline.

Johnson & Johnson has confirmed that it will not enforce the patents for its tuberculosis treatment bedaquiline, marketed as Sirturo. The drug’s primary patent expired earlier this year; after a public campaign, J&J granted a Swiss nonprofit licenses to produce generic versions. The announcement is intended to reassure other companies that want to manufacture generic versions, the firm says.

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