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

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

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

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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…

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Drug development in trials costs $120-200M. Upon approval, Pharma expects $15B +.

They have proven they would rather a drug not save lives than offer lower profits.
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  if a product can be sold at 10 times the profit to one fifth the people only an idiot would not rase prices ten fold

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