On September 5, 2022, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) issued Circular No. 08/2022/TT-BYT on the registration of drugs and drug materials (Circular 08).
Leading local pharmaceutical company Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd has announced the receipt of a sublicence from the Medicine Patent Pool (MPP), on behalf of originator company MSD, to produce Covid-19 oral drug “molnupiravir”.