In r/medicine, discussion of twice yearly lenacapavir as near complete HIV prevention collides with anger about pricing, insurance coverage pullbacks, and calls for broader accessibility even if a lower price is projected later.
There’s a drug called lenacapavir that can prevent HIV infections almost completely.
You only need to take it twice a year instead of daily pills.
Insurance was initially covering it, but they seem to be reneging on that, which isn’t great.
28k for prevention, 47k for treatment…
They are limiting production heavily to make shareholders happy.
At my clinic, we spend a lot of time getting it covered and whatnot.
They produce incredible things in my field of retrovirology and are basically the gold standard pharma company for HIV treatments
They would make money if they charged 40.
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