NERSA Public Hearings
Devan Pillay
Consumer Health DivisionHead of Engineering: Africa
20 January 2010
South Africa
Elephantiasis
Relatively uncommon late complication of filariasis
Death of worms causes calcification and obstruction
Recurrent secondary bacterial and fungal infections play a very important role
A Disease Of Devastating Proportions
80 endemic countries
1.2 billion people at risk
120 million people affected
An infection of children
1 million children infected each year
Children become infected when very young
but usually appear healthy
The latency period is long: visible symptoms
present in puberty
Diagnostic tools can detect early infection
Of all LF sufferers, children will benefit most
from the elimination programme
GSK’s Commitment
The industry’s largest donation programme
5 -7 billion tablets of albendazole over 20+ years
Providing valuable financial support to essential, operational research
Progress1013 million albendazole tablets to 48 countries by end of 2008
Cumulative Treatments Donated
0
200
400
600
800
1000
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
Mil
lio
ns
Series2
Albendazole LF - pack of 100 Tablets 2010 2010 2010
Nashik
(£)Cape Town
(£)Cape Town
(£)
Total Cost of Production 1.20 1.32 1.35
% Difference in cost against Nashik 10 13
In Summary
Above inflationary increases make companies less competitive in the market place.
Gradual ‘Leakage’ of jobs to lower cost structured economies
Alternative funding mechanism to the increase needs to be sought
Defeats the work done in the last 10-12 years to bring us where we are today…
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