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The head of UNAIDS maintained that Gilead could bring the AIDS pandemic toward an end if the company opens up access to lenacapavir

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Published:23rd Jul 2024

The head of UNAIDS maintained that Gilead could bring the AIDS pandemic toward an end if the company opens up access to its game-changing new HIV drug, Agence France Presse reports

The head of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, urged Gilead to "make history" by allowing generic manufacturing of Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable antiretroviral medication used to treat HIV patients. She urged Gilead to open up Lenacapavir to the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool international organization so that cheaper generic versions could be sold under licenses in low- and middle-income nations.

Condition: HIV Prevention (PrEP)
Type: drug

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