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Aurobindo Pharma gets WHO okay for anti-retroviral unit

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Hyderabad , June 30

AUROBINDO Pharma Ltd (APL) has obtained the compliance of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for its facility manufacturing anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs. The WHO approval is an important prerequisite for several global sourcing programmes.

In a press release here on Thursday, the company said the WHO inspected its unit-III facility and found it to be in compliance with the WHO GMP standards.

According to Aurobindo Pharma, WHO has initiated the project along with UNICEF, UNAIDS and UNFPA in the context of increasing the access and improving the affordability of HIV/AIDS-related care and treatment.

The WHO had invited expression of interest from manufacturers of pharmaceutical products in respect of the provision of drugs for the management HIV-related diseases.

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