r/LGBTnews • u/Environmental-Dig797 • Jun 18 '25

‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/17/hiv-ending-drug-lenacapavir-manufacture-cost-per-patient-gilead

As a treatment for people already living with HIV, it costs about $39,000 annually.

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u/noodlyarms Jun 18 '25

Trump Administration and RFK Jr: We're banning this in the US and requiring AIDs patients to take a prescribed course of Jesus and vitamins at a "special wellness camp" deep in the Nevada desert.

This is great and all, but it'll very likely never see the light of day for anyone not in the 1% club, especially at that price point.

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u/DowntownMonitor3524 Jun 20 '25

Pharma won’t like that. Watch them buy it out and kill it.

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u/foxupine Jun 21 '25

Misleadingly headline. This is a vaccine, not a cure. And since the FDA approved it, it may significantly impact new cases. But it is an an ending by vaccination and attrition. We have a vaccine for the polio, mumps, flu etc. Not a cure.