Mylan Signs Deal With Gilead Sciences To Distribute Sovaldi And Harvoni In India

(RTTNews) - Mylan Inc. (MYL) announced that its Indian subsidiary, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, has entered into an agreement with Gilead Sciences, under which Mylan has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of Sovaldi (sofosbuvir 400mg tablets) and Harvoni (ledipasvir 90mg/sofosbuvir 400 mg tablets) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, in India.

As Gilead's exclusive branded medicine distribution partner, Mylan expects to begin distribution of Sovaldi in India in the second-quarter of 2015. Sovaldi received regulatory approval in India in January 2015 - the first country in Asia to approve the medicine.

The agreement is in addition to the licensing and technology transfer agreement that Mylan entered into with Gilead, which grants Mylan the non-exclusive rights to manufacture and distribute generic sofosbuvir, ledipasvir/sofosbuvir and, upon approval, the investigational NS5A inhibitor GS-5816 and single tablet regimen of sofosbuvir/GS-5816 in 91 developing countries.

Mylan also partners with Gilead on expanding access to high quality, affordable antiretrovirals for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in India and other developing countries.