Treatment Action Campaign

The AIDS Law Project (ALP) has written a memorandum explaining their concerns with the antiretroviral tender that the state has put out. The memorandum identifies problems with:

• Type and quantity of ARV medicines to be procured;
• Contract period;
• Legislative requirements (relating to registration and licensing concerns);
• Lack of clarity regarding the points system;
• The “cost” of local production;
• Price qualification;
• Labels, packaging and package inserts;
• Counter offers; and
• Adverse drug reactions.

The ALP believes that the state would be in a stronger position to secure the right medicines at the right prices if the tender took their concerns into consideration. The TAC endorses the ALP's memorandum.

Read the ALP's memorandum.