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WIPO Global Challenges SeminarInnovation and Access: A Case Study for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C
Gregg Alton, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Medical Affairs
December 5, 2014
Gilead Sciences’ Commitment to Innovation and Access
Mission: Discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need
• The active ingredient in Gilead’s HIV medicines is the most widely prescribed molecule (TDF) for HIV therapy worldwide. Gilead improves HIV care by developing single tablet regimens.
• New hepatitis C (HCV) regimens provide a simple, safe and highly effective cure. An all-oral regimen to treat all HCV patients (pangenotypic) is in development.
Focus on patient needs
• All people should have access to our medicines, regardless of where they live or their economic status.
• As part of a comprehensive access approach, Gilead has entered into licensing agreements with generic pharmaceutical manufacturers to create a sustainable, market-based model for broadening access to HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) and HCV medicines in the developing world.
• Our partnership model for HIV now reaches more than 6.7 million patients in developing countries.
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The HIV Partnership Model: Creating Demand, Reducing Prices and Increasing Access
$5.6B
Donor support of the Gilead partnership model created demand for generic competition, resulting in prices falling 80% since 2006. We are now reaching
6.7 million people, 52 percent of those receiving HIV treatment globally.
$20.7B
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Benefits from the Licensing Model
• Technology transfer of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process
• Shortens regulatory approval process
• Ensures safety, quality and efficacy standards
• Reduces the length of time to scale up production and reach patients
• Partners have received a combined 34 U.S. FDA tentative approvals and WHO pre-qualifications
• Allows licensees to compete for high-volume business through national tenders and multilateral treatment programs
• Indian manufacturers are responsible for more than 80 percent of sales of TDF-containing medicines to developing countries through this partnership
• Economic growth in India: high-wage jobs for scientists, engineers, doctors and global managers
• Long-term capital investment in manufacturing for high-value medical products
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Epidemiology of Hepatitis C
Viral hepatitis is far more common than HIV; it is estimated that 185 million people are infected with HCV
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From Innovation to Access
• Research and development
• Develop HCV treatments with high cure rates and shortened duration of therapy, including single tablet, pangenotypic regimens
• Clinical development
• Support high-quality medical research conducted in countries where HCV is most prevalent
• Regulatory approvals
• Submit country dossiers for regulatory approvals
• Manufacturing and distribution
• Develop tiered-pricing structure, negotiate generic licenses and build regional partnerships to enable access
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Evolution of HCV Treatment
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IFN IFN IFN/RBV IFN/RBV Peg-IFN
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Peg-IFN/RBV
PI/Peg-IFN/RBV
SOF/Peg-IFN/RBV
6 12 6 12 12 12 6-12
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LDV/SOF
201494-100
2-3
Gilead's Waves of HCV Drug Development
SOF, sofosbuvir, HCV NS5B nucleotide inhibitor; LDV, ledipasvir HCV NS5A inhibitor; STR, single tablet regimen.
2013
All-oral therapy for GT 2/3: SOF+RBVSimple, short duration for GT-1: SOF+Peg-IFNα+RBV
2014-2015
STR: SOF/LDVFDA approval October 2014 (GT-1); EMA approval (GT 1/4) November 2014
Pangenotypic STR: SOF/GS-5816•Key in the developing world where epidemiological data and access to genotyping diagnostics limited
Pangenotypic STR: Shortened treatment duration
Wave 12013
Wave 2 2014
Wave 3 2016
Wave 4 2016+
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Japan Korea Taiwan China Vietnam India Russia Egypt
HCVGenotypes
HCV Prevalence Estimate*
1-1.9% 1.29% 4.4% 1-1.9% 2-2.9% 1-1.9% 1-2.5% 14.9%
Wave 1(SOF)
Complete Complete CompleteMoH IND Review
MoH INDReview
Enrolling Complete Complete
Wave 2(LDV/SOF)
Complete Complete CompleteMoH IND Review
NA PlannedMoH IND Review
IND Filing Oct 2014
Wave 3(5816/SOF)
NA NA NA Planned Planned Planned Planned NA
Combined HCV Pool Estimate
45 – 72 M
1a 1b 2a 2b 2a/c 3a/b 4 6
Many Countries Require Local Clinical TrialsStudies Planned, Ongoing and Completed
*Cornberg M, et al. Liver Int. 2011 Jul; 31 Suppl 2: 30-60. Sievert W, et al Liver Int. 2011 Jul; 31 Suppl 2 : 61-809
Regulatory Submissions
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Generic Licensing: New HCV Agreements
• Biocon Limited
• Cadila Healthcare Ltd
• Cipla Ltd
• Hetero Labs Ltd
• Mylan Laboratories Ltd
• Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd
• Sequent Scientific Ltd
• Strides Arcolab Ltd
Potential to supply therapy to more than 100 million people living with hepatitis C
•Gilead first company to announce generic licensing for HCV treatments
•91 countries included
• 54 middle-income countries
•54% of the estimated HCV-infected global population, including:
• Low income (70 million patients)• Lower middle-income (29 million patients)• Upper middle-income (1 million patients)
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• Tiered pricing
• Gilead considers gross national income (GNI) per capita and hepatitis C prevalence
• 50 countries in tiers lower than their World Bank classifications
• Three pricing bands are starting points for negotiations
• Generic licensing
• Direct and through the Medicines Patent Pool
• Countries outside the licensing territory, including poor populations in middle-income countries
• Gilead works with governments and NGOs to ensure access to HIV and viral hepatitis treatment
The Comprehensive Approach to Access
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Expanding Hepatitis C Treatment Access in Egypt
Increasing access in Egypt is a high priority, given the enormous national burden of HCV
− 12 million Egyptians infected; 15% of total pop.
Gilead and Egypt’s Ministry of Health signed an agreement in July 2014
− Sovaldi® priced at $300/bottle – our lowest available pricing, given national HCV burden
− Distributed through Government-run treatment centers
− Gilead to provide medical education and training initiatives
Egyptian Government strongly committed to scaling up HCV treatment in the country
− Goal of treating 1 million patients in 4 years
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• Country-level clinical and policy leadership• National guidelines
• Country strategic plans (i.e., awareness, screening, care and treatment)
• Healthcare system capacity
• Country-level funding
• International donor funding • Increases demand and enables global forecasting, which increases
competition and lowers prices
• Regulatory harmonization • Accelerates distribution and patient access
• Licensing and technology transfer partnerships• Ensures licensing partner program quality control through technology
transfer
• Protects partner investments in scale and manufacturing
The Foundation for Access to Medicines
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Thank you
BACK-UP SLIDES
HCV Tiered Pricing Structure
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HCV Tiered Pricing Structure
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Because Gilead’s tiered pricing structure takes disease burden into account, some countries fall into a lower income tier than their World Bank classification
(upper-middlelower-middle, lower-middlelow)
HCV Demonstration Projects
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Indonesia: Gilead partners with PKNI and the Ministry of Health to expand HCV testing and treatment among injection drug users
Mongolia: With Gilead support, the Onom Foundation works to eradicate HCV through prevention, early diagnosis and treatment