Scaling up second-line HIV medicines for adults
Grant Value

US$299.7 million

Time frame

2007-2012

Lead Grantee

Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

Program Area
HIV and coinfections
Status: Completed

The problem

Second-line antiretrovirals (ARVs) are used when people living with HIV experience side effects or develop resistance to first-line HIV treatments. In 2007, resistance to first-line treatment was growing and second-line treatments were essential but the market for those drugs was underdeveloped and characterized by low access.

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Our response
The project helped create and expand a competitive market for second-line ARVs. The number of suppliers, particularly generic manufacturers, increased, better formulations came into the market, and prices decreased to a level more accessible to low-income countries. The prices for second-line ARVs decreased by between 15 and 70 percent from the start of the project. The project also had beneficial indirect effects on the use of tenofovir as a more cost-effective first-line treatment. All 25 target countries were able to transition to alternative funding to procure second-line HIV drugs by the end of the project.

70%

Decrease in price for best second-line ARV regimen

25

Countries benefitting from increased availability of second-line ARVs

3 times

The number of WHO prequalified products suppliers almost tripled

15

Number of second-line product suppliers by end of project, up from 8

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