Six Questions For TB Alliance CEO On Pretomanid And Pricing Issues
Executive Summary
TB Alliance CEO Mel Spigelman outlines to Scrip the contours of the non-profit’s commercialization deal with Mylan for pretomanid, which is part of an oral combination regimen, and maintains that the $1/day pricing ask for the drug is based on flawed assumptions and not currently feasible.
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