Hundreds of thousands of uninsured people may soon have access to an HIV prevention drug
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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