Lam­bast­ed by AIDS ac­tivists about Tru­va­da pric­ing, Gilead of­fers CDC drug sup­ply deal; Fi­bro­Gen MACE mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tion leaves in­vestors dis­ori­ent­ed

→ Chas­tised by AIDS ac­tivists for its pric­ing pol­i­cy on Tru­va­da, Gilead $GILD has agreed to pro­vide to CDC with up to 2.4 mil­lion bot­tles of the HIV-pre­ven­tion pill an­nu­al­ly for unin­sured Amer­i­cans at risk for HIV.  The do­na­tion, which ex­tends up to 2030, will tran­si­tion to De­scovy if it is ap­proved for use as a pre­ven­ta­tive treat­ment or PrEP (pre-ex­po­sure pro­phy­lax­is), in which in­di­vid­u­als at high risk for HIV take med­i­cines dai­ly to low­er their chances of con­tract­ing the in­fec­tion.

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