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Some medicines are available both from the original manufacturer and from other manufacturers. Generic medicines contain the same active ingredient and meet the same safety requirements as the branded product, but are considerably cheaper.

Generic medicines

De-simplifying treatment is acceptable and cost-saving, if a choice is offered

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30 May 2024
Injectable & long-acting HIV treatment

Injectable HIV treatment unlikely to be arriving soon in the global south

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2 August 2023
Injectable & long-acting PrEP

Cabotegravir long-acting PrEP out of reach for upper middle-income nations

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8 February 2023
Finance & funding

Second-line treatment nearly nine times more expensive than first-line in upper-middle income countries

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9 August 2022
Access to healthcare

Just six injections a year can prevent HIV: here’s what it will take for the world to afford them

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2 August 2022
Generic medicines

ViiV Healthcare to allow 90 countries to access generic versions of HIV prevention shot

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28 July 2022
Access to healthcare

South Africa could be among the last to rollout child-friendly dolutegravir

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14 June 2022
Generic medicines

Voluntary licensing via the Medicines Patent Pool is saving hundreds of thousands of lives

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9 February 2022
Generic medicines

Getting to 95-95-95: global use of HIV generics would result in large reductions in spending, new infections and deaths

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9 July 2021
Finance & funding

To be cost-effective, injectable PrEP can only cost about $3000 more than US generic oral PrEP

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15 March 2021
PrEP policies & guidelines

Far fewer people would get PrEP in the US if generic TDF/FTC is replaced with Descovy (TAF/FTC), cost-effectiveness study finds

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9 March 2020
Finance & funding

Rapid adoption of generic HIV drugs could save NHS £7 billion by 2033

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10 May 2019
HIV treatment for children & young people

Why has the uptake of lopinavir/ritonavir oral pellets for children been slow?

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2 May 2019
Access to healthcare

Glimmers of hope: moving towards better HIV and TB treatment in eastern Europe

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7 February 2019
Generic medicines

Generic PrEP bought online has correct amounts of emtricitabine and tenofovir

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28 October 2018
PrEP programmes & uptake

Most PrEP users in Berlin obtained it from informal channels

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2 October 2018
Finance & funding

NHS England saved £10 million by switching to generic anti-HIV drugs in 2016

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30 April 2018
Generic medicines

Generic drugs for HIV treatment may save money, but barriers to prescription make savings elusive

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7 February 2018
PrEP programmes & uptake

A year of generic PrEP could recoup its own cost within five years if effectiveness is high, Public Health England model finds

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23 October 2017
Generic medicines

No evidence of reduced efficacy or increased side-effects when patients switch to generic drugs, comparison study finds

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24 August 2017
Access to healthcare

Countries and donors should aim for new $90-$90-$90 target on HIV, hepatitis, TB drug prices, study shows

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27 July 2017
Generic medicines

Switching from Atripla to generic-containing regimens can produce large cost savings

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23 April 2017
PrEP science

Tests of online PrEP purchases by London clinic find no fakes, and adequate drug levels

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26 October 2016
Access to healthcare

New $90-$90-$90 target needed for global viral hepatitis, HIV and TB treatment

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24 October 2016