Could a drug used to treat HIV also prevent infection? | DW News

Around 40 million people are infected with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Now two trials have shown that a drug used to treat the disease also provides an effective shield against the virus that causes it. But getting it to those who need it most could prove tricky.
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[@madcow3417]

The company probably spent tens of millions of dollars to develop this drug, and hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a bunch of comparable drugs that failed. They can't just sell their successes at production cost and expect to stay in business to develop tomorrow's drugs. If this is going to be cheap and available then governments have to step in and fund it, like they did with COVID vaccines. That said, it sounds like the company is considering an equitable pricing structure: selling it cheap to countries that would never cover the development costs anyway, so there's nothing to gain by withholding it.

[@harperwelch5147]

That company may have received research grants, government funding or grants from foundations to develop this drug. In that case its profits can’t be claimed to be their exclusive investment.

[@cleanupkenya3915]

That is a legitimate issue but some company will develop a generic version of it sooner and make it widely available.

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@cleanupkenya3915 Surely there is a patent which lasts for years before other companies can make a generic drug?

[@sonofafrikaa]

@@cleanupkenya3915not unless WHO intervenes , generics take twenty years to come into market due to patent issues

[@ravenj2400]

that’s insane! science is wild

[@rodcamp4472]

$20,000 per shot!? LOL Why are we even discussing it?

[@MaleekGeechi]

😂😂😂😂

[@MobileMe]

Under his eye

[@AE-ben]

Good News

[@kwameeyiah]

Watch Gilead stock price skyrocket.

[@ignorasmus]

Science Rocks! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@enosenos185]

Yer right Science introduced it then science attacked it

[@ignorasmus]

@@enosenos185 Correct, Science creates diseases...👍🏻👍🏻

[@ignorasmus]

@@enosenos185 Correct... Science creates diseases... 👍👍 🙄

[@raydeemed]

It was tested on africans

[@Heegooat]

How was it spread in Africa? Only southern and east Africans susceptible to HIV? Or they have very loose morals compared to others

[@dragonredsinbad4631]

A drug that works 100% and is FREE can someone tell me the answer..............

[@MeetThaNewDealer]

Medical science FTW 😊

[@rockefeller1787]

Its a game changer

[@cyantwo936]

@rockefeller1787 it's not, just extra marketing on things that already exist

[@DannyAbroad]

PEP/PrEP is nothing new

[@cyantwo936]

Arv therapy scheduling is a new spin on the profit tho. Remember covid?😂

[@harperwelch5147]

How much government funding or grants from foundations have helped this manufacturer to invent this drug? If this is true then profits need to reflect that.

[@HabiburRahman-ge1pw]

Is it only business or promotion or in favour for humans because this is price is so higher than reasonable price

[@Jay-cq5ox]

Their are other stds like syphilis

[@maverick4177]

ADIS don’t die of dyslexia

[@Donovan-fg4rw]

AIDS cures Diabetes

[@brucemariga3909]

didn't know there that many flavors of men

[@spanishwithalex]

Science beach! 😂

[@ssg9offical]

We need this for Covid next.

[@khumbelobele6674]

Prayers failed for 100 yrs 😂😂😂

[@therealbronxbull8541]

I'm not convinced, interview someone who is HIV+ and is receiving tx.

[@ajayverma6346]

Make a medicine that have to take once in a year. It would be more than enough.

[@hueyfreeman7810]

Damn science !! You are scary......👏

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

Ignorance is scarier.

[@l9ino170]

Pre-exposure/post-exposure prophylaxis, this is nothing new

[@willymuga1457]

6 month injection is new

[@cyantwo936]

​@willymuga1457 the side effects aren't, but they don't tell you about those

[@ratnamani8228]

​@@cyantwo936Says the School dropout 😂

[@cyantwo936]

@ratnamani8228 I do r&d for medical devices, I know too much about HIV specifically 🫣. Try projecting less

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@cyantwo936They do - just read the instructions with any drug you are prescribed. You can also use the reporting system to tell them of your experience.

[@cyantwo936]

The side effects will be ignored, healthy people shouldn't be taking antiretroviral therapies, but they will line up for it anyways 😒

[@HealthyThinkingsubstack]

Let me guess - the drug was tested by the drug companies that’s going to make the profits and that’s why they said it was almost 100% effective. Two years after it’s on the market they’ll be saying it’s 20% effective at best.

[@pbinnj3250]

It’s so easy to talk when you don’t have to know anything. The internet was made for you.

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@pbinnj3250 Well said. The companies had to show effectiveness through tests.

[@MikaelArhelger]

Bla bla bla. DW news 🎉🎉🎉