A new drug has just been approved for worldwide distribution, it is about Triomune, a drug specially designed to keep the incidence of the AIDS virus in children under control.
As we know, drugs designed for adults in most cases are not effective in children, this is what we talked about in the post. Children's medicines are still poorly studied. We also announced earlier this year in the post Specific medicines for children, that there was an obligation towards pharmaceutical companies to develop specific drugs adapted for children.
The good news has been the development of Triomune Junior and BabyThanks to this drug, millions of children will be able to fight AIDS, this medicine is a combination of the therapy used in adults and in which various drugs must be administered to control the virus. Developing a drug for a third world continent presents more complications than if it is developed for an industrialized country, the lack of technological means (a refrigerator to conserve medicines), the lack of water, etc., are problems that must be taken into account. bill.
A soluble medicine is not effective, a medicine that does not support certain temperatures is not effective, in the end the solution has been to develop capsules that, according to the researchers, are less expensive and more practical.
The new treatment is much more effective than those previously used, children of any age can be treated more effectively, significantly reducing child mortality rates as a result of AIDS. At the moment, Triomune has only been approved for use in underdeveloped countries in order to avoid the current patent legislation that would make the product more expensive. The treatment has a daily cost of one dollar, much cheaper than the 20 dollars that a Westerner must spend daily.
Although it is a reason for joy that the new tablets begin to be distributed in all those places that need them, it should be noted that this dollar continues to represent a fortune for millions of children, so that the drug should be paid by the industrialized countries and distributed free of charge. However cheap it may be, if you do not have financial means it will always be something unattainable.
