President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced on Twitter that the administration has worked with biotechnology company Gilead to secure a donation of an HIV prevention drug. Truvada is a PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis, which can prevent transmission of HIV to those at risk of acquiring infection.The donation"will help us achieve our goal of ending the HIV epidemic in America," Trump tweeted.
— Donald J. Trump May 9, 2019 Gilead said in a press release on Thursday that the company has agreed to provide up to 2.4 million bottles of the drug Truvada annually to the Center for Disease Control. The drug will go to"uninsured Americans at risk for HIV," the release said. Read MoreThat will amount to supplying about 200,000 individuals annually for up to 11 years, Azar tweeted.While 1.
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This is outrageous! I read in newspapers today if we made this available to all at risk AIDs would die. If people other than LGBTQ+ and drug users were impacted we would see a better decision. $60 a year per at risk is all. Generics!
The only two known side effects are, the recipient will turn whiter and vote republican.
New test subjects...then the lawsuits will come.
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Trump wants to find out who is gay
President Trump loves ALL American citizens. Thank you, President Trump. WalkAway KAG2020 Trump2020Landslide
real_farmacist I guess Trump hasn't watch the commercials this is for people who have HIV it doesn't prevent HIV it just suppresses the virus to the point that it's undetectable in a person who has HIV. It doesn't protect them from getting the HIV virus
You can thank president trump for this because of the right to try act. Freedom is at our doorstep again. The prescription hostage situation needs to stop. Thank you CNN for finally helping Americans.
Great news
Great news
'donated drugs' have you ever heard that a pharma corp is willing to give away for nothing? The cost'd be paid by d exorbitant price paid by insurers& patients
It was not the case before? Very strange country...
Who cares
People need to STOP LIVING LIKE ANIMALS and they will NOT contract HIV.
It’s called condoms!
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