Doctors Without Borders
As the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended today the drug tocilizumab for people with severe COVID-19, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the Swiss pharmaceutical corporation Roche—the world’s sole producer of the drug—to lower the price and make it accessible for everyone who needs it. Additionally, Roche must end its monopoly and urgently share the know-how, technology, and additional information necessary for other manufacturers across the world to produce the medicine as well, which would ensure adequate supply and access for people everywhere, said MSF.
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