Medecins Sans Frontieres ( MSF ) has called on Johnson & Johnson to cut the price of " gamechanging " tuberculosis ( TB ) drug bedaquline by half , so that a 20-month supply would cost $ 600 . Sharonann Lynch , a senior analyst at MSF , criticised the current practice in which non - profit and philanthropic contributors to a drug 's development had no say in its final price . In 2014 , when bedaquiline was commercially launched , a six - month supply cost $ 900 . We need this drug to be affordable for everyone who needs it, everywhere. The treatment offers an alternative to injections , which have toxic side effects , for people with drug - resistant tuberculosis .
Medecins Sans Frontieres ( MSF ) has called on Johnson & Johnson to cut the price of " gamechanging " tuberculosis ( TB ) drug bedaquline by half , so that a 20-month supply would cost $ 600 . Sharonann Lynch , a senior analyst at MSF , criticised the current practice in which non - profit and philanthropic contributors to a drug 's development had no say in its final price . In 2014 , when bedaquiline was commercially launched , a six - month supply cost $ 900 . The treatment offers an alternative to injections , which have toxic side effects , for people with drug - resistant tuberculosis .