'We can end HIV': Groundbreaking preventative drug to be rolled out for $40 a year from 2027

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https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250925-groundbreaking-hiv-prevention-injection-to-be-rolled-out-for-40-dollars-a-year-from-2027

Global health agencies announced Wednesday that generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable drug to prevent HIV will be made available from 2027 at around $40 a year in more than 100 low and middle-income countries, a move hailed as a potential gamechanger in the fight against the AIDS epidemic.

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protist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

lenacapavir currently costs around $28,000 a year in the United States.

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- saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  10 years from now, entering a country from the US requires an quarantine period pending test results. The US government whinges about it.
  
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  - henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    10 years from now, we might not have a United States to worry about.
    
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stink@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That’s disgusting. They could have cured aids years ago but they wait until the patent is expired. I hope they all burn

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