Merck: molnupiravir supply agreement with UNICEF

(CercleFinance.com) - Merck (MSD outside North America) and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics today announced that they have signed a long-term supply agreement with UNICEF to facilitate broad global access to molnupiravir, their investigational oral antiviral drug for Covid-19.


Under the agreement, Merck will allocate up to three million doses of molnupiravir to UNICEF throughout the first half of 2022 for distribution in more than 100 low- and middle-income countries in accordance with regulatory approval.

As a reminder, the healthcare group is developing molnupiravir in collaboration with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and has been approved for use in more than 10 countries, including the US, UK, Japan and Taiwan.


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