Injectable antiviral cabotegravir provides stronger protection than oral pill, but researchers fear it could be too expensive to make a difference for countries with the greatest disease burden.
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“We believe that widening access to cabotegravir could be game-changing in HIV prevention and could significantly contribute towards the goal of ending the HIV epidemic,” a ViiV Healthcare spokesperson said. But many are concerned that the drug will be too expensive to have an impact. Campaign groups say that the drug’s price tag — estimated at US$3,700 per vial in the United States — puts it out of reach of the poorest countries.
Uninfected people can use the pill discretely and not at the time of sex — characteristics that could make such medication especially important for young women and adolescent girls, UNAIDS says. Studies, however, have shown that
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