Twice a year and generic? My inhaler could never.

US approves cheap generic version of world’s only twice-yearly HIV prevention jab

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of lenacapavir, the only HIV prevention drug taken just twice a year. The approval clears the way for cheaper copies of the brand-name shot made by Gilead Sciences, which currently costs tens of thousands of dollars annually in the US. Generic manufacturers can now begin selling the lower-cost version, expanding access to a medicine that clinical trials showed was highly effective at preventing HIV infection.

Source: US approves cheap generic version of world’s only twice-yearly HIV prevention jab — r/UpliftingNews

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