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…
Since the Affordable Care Act it’s been a legal mandate for all non-grandfathered-in insurances to cover all A & B recommendations with zero copay, which includes PrEP.
Sources: HIV.gov, USPSTF.
Any disease that specializes in inserting itself into the host genome and then eradicating their immune system needs to be wiped out.
The US (and other high-income countries) are not included in that licensing deal, meaning the non-insured in those countries will hafta wait for the domestic patent protections to expire (2034-2041) or be successfully challenged in the courts.
the article says it costs around $28,000. i don’ mean to interrogate bu’ d’ya have a source saying taht insurance covers that all
Since the Affordable Care Act it’s been a legal mandate for all non-grandfathered-in insurances to cover all A & B recommendations with zero copay, which includes PrEP. Sources: HIV.gov, USPSTF.
Any disease that specializes in inserting itself into the host genome and then eradicating their immune system needs to be wiped out.
It’s coming down to $40 in 2027 thanks to a deal between governments and the drug companies
The US (and other high-income countries) are not included in that licensing deal, meaning the non-insured in those countries will hafta wait for the domestic patent protections to expire (2034-2041) or be successfully challenged in the courts.
Ok that’s indeed steep then 😢