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28 October 2021PharmaAlex Baldwin

MPP signs first COVID-19 licensing deal over MSD’s molnupiravir

UN-backed public health organisation  The Medicine Patent Pool (MPP) has entered into a licence agreement with  Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and others to increase access to molnupiravir (MK-4482, EIDD-2801)—an investigational oral COVID-19 medicine—for low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC).

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