Electronic Update 1 for 'Untangling the Web', 11th Edition

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just issued the Electronic Update for the 11th Edition of 'Untangling the Web of antiretroviral price reductions: a pricing guide for the purchase of ARVs for developing countries' (issued July 2008).

The Untangling the Web document was first published in response to the lack of transparent and reliable information about prices of pharmaceutical products on the international market.

The purpose of the document is to provide information to help purchasers make informed decisions when purchasing ARVs. The report is a pricing guide and can not be viewed as a manufacturers' price list.

Drug by drug, the report details the prices of ARVs quoted by companies, both originator and generic manufacturers. It provides an analysis of the evolution in the prices since the first edition and focuses on some of the key access issues for each product in developing countries.

The objective of the electronic update is to have a flexible way of including all the new information on products and prices in real time and will be posted every time new information is obtained from companies.

The Untangling the Web document will continue to be updated and published annually.

View the electronic update here .

View the 11th Edition of 'Untangling the Web' document here