flexghost.Jun 18, 2025
Countdown to the US making this life saving drug $25,000/dose or banning it outright.
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@flexghost This article explains it was approved in the EU, Canada and the USA in 2022:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenacapavir

The drug does not end HIV, but we should all have realized that from the quotes around "HIV-ending" in the clickbait title.

Lenacapavir - Wikipedia

Jun 18, 2025 at 8:37pmWeb
Show threadflexghost.Jun 18, 2025

@dl2jml

From the Wikipedia article (a source I do not endorse)

Lenacapavir was approved in 2022 for treatment of drug-resistant HIV, not prevention. The “HIV-ending” headlines refer to its 2025 FDA approval as twice-yearly PrEP (Yeztugo).

It doesn’t cure HIV but it’s a powerful tool for reducing transmission.