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Merck restarts islatravir HIV treatment studies, but abandons monthly PrEP

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European Commission approves first twice-yearly HIV medication

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

Dr Deepak Mattur at AIDS 2022.

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

Sibongile Tshabalala, Chairperson of South Africa’s Treatment Action Campaign, leading the protest over lack of access to injectable PrEP at AIDS 2022. Photo©Jordi Ruiz Cirera/IAS

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

Deborah Waterhouse of ViiV Healthcare and Charles Gore of the Medicines Patent Pool announce the agreement at AIDS 2022

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

Dispersible antiretrovirals. Image: Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.

NHS England is considering use of Descovy PrEP

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

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Trials of long-acting islatravir for HIV treatment and prevention placed on hold

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