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HIV prevention drug will not be added to the PBS

HIV prevention drug will not be added to the PBS

Truvada, the drug that makes a huge difference in preventing the spread of HIV, will not be added to Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The game changing medication failed to gain a recommendation that it should be added the tax payer funded scheme.  HIV advocacy groups have described the decision as extremely disappointing. Commonly known […]

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Positive Advocate: PrEP Drives A Gay Sex Revolution

Positive Advocate: PrEP Drives A Gay Sex Revolution

Which study was talked about more than any other at the AIDS 2014 Melbourne Conference? No, I’m not making this up, it was titled ‘iPrEx OLE!’, although I am happy to discuss the results over tapas and sangria. Would you believe 1603 people were offered the chance to take the before pills Truvada, known medically […]

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