Three generics firms – Aurobindo, Cipla and Viatris’s Mylan – have signed licensing agreements with the Medicines Patent Pool that will allow them to produce versions of ViiV Healthcare’s long-acting cabotegravir treatment for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Three generics firms – Aurobindo, Cipla and Viatris’s Mylan – have signed licensing agreements with the Medicines Patent Pool that will allow them to produce versions of ViiV Healthcare’s long-acting cabotegravir treatment for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Rumors have resurfaced that Novartis is looking to shift some of its eye drugs but the Basle-based behemoth tells Scrip it remains committed to in-market products and R&D projects in the ophthalmology space.

India had a busy deals calendar in 2022, with companies led by Biocon striking large M&A deals while PE activity declined. In Vivo's sister publication Scrip pieced together data for infographics on these deals. A multitude of factors is expected to keep the momentum going in 2023.