Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
This is amazing!! It's the insulin moment for the 21st century! :) So grateful for the generations of scientists who have contributed to this moment.
I imagine this is now in RFK Jr’s crosshairs.
We're hurting for good news lately, and this is the best news.
god I love medical science and scientists, this is gonna save so many people!!
Awesome!!!
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The GOP will ban it in the US. Just watch. It’s science, which they abhor, and they think HIV only kills “the gays,” which they relish.
finally some good fuckin news
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This should be the model of public health.
There are some things that don't need to be part of the global economy, don't need to be transactionally costed. Let's eradicate disease and leave capitalism to serve some other sectors.
Glad there’s finally some good news
Great!
It seems like there's a real push to make this very affordable, even more for areas in the world that are disproportionately impacted, to maybe end the epidemic ?
Can't wait to see it rolled out in North America and find the price.
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
I remember going to see the AIDS quilt in DC. This is such a wonderful advancement!
The article really is deceiving with that title. I believe it was 100% effective with women but 96% everyone else, so less than truvada.
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Until BrainWorm, Jr. decides it’s “too woke.”
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FUUUUCK yeah!!!
Reminds me of Salk and the polio vaccine. Gives me some faith in mankind
Amazing news!
watch the united states try to ban this
It's nice to know there's at least a tiny sliver of humanity in big pharma. Though maybe it was an independent research team, I don't have time to check the article.
If it's corp made then maybe corpo people saw the danger to this the Trump admin posed and prioritized getting it out there.
I can't wait for all of the religious people to loose their shit about this homo-sex enabling vaccine, straight from Satan himself to temp their flock with such ungodly pleasures.
This honestly makes me tear up thinking about all the lives lost and the hope that something like this can bring. It's an absolutely heroic win for science.
The only thing I don't believe about this is the part where it says it'll be affordable in the US. Don't make me laugh! How will the lawmakers and doctors demonize the gays and sex workers now?! /jk
YIPPEEE GOOD NEWS!!!
Huge news for public health. If we can eradicate it once and for all that'd be a feat!
My last sketch of #SDCC (for a friend's skull-themed sketchbook)! Thanks to Essential Sequential; thanks to Comic Con; thanks to everyone who came to the booth and bought art created by this human; and thanks to all the pals I was able to hang out with. It was great seeing you all!
Next year!
Never thought I'd see this in my lifetime.
Wow....this is AMAZING.
I feel almost as emotional as I did on the day when I was handed my prescription for truvada years ago when it was the only PrEP option.
Holy fuck this is AMAZING news!!!
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sigh of relief
RJK Jr will ban it
28k in a year is crazyyy
Amazing!!!
Science rocks!
I've been told insulin is also royalty free.
I guess it's a uniquely American problem.
!!!! Amazing !!!
What is going on with the Medical world,
I also heard the University of Flordia found a breakthrough in a potential Universal Cancer Vaccine.
Finally Some good fucking news
I wanna applaud - is it Gilead? - for making it royalty free, too. I don't often have nice things to say about pharma so that's nice.
well that's nice
They want to get the AIDS
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If only Japan would allow us to have low-cost access to this. PrEP is incredibly expensive and not covered by any insurance here currently.
RFK won’t allow it because he knows HIV can be prevented by doing push-ups and set ups
Oh, thank goodness! And just a tad late, but better than never.
This is awesome!
Finally some good news!!
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This is wonderful. We have lost so many amazing people to AIDS.
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I don't think it's a solution to just put everyone onto HIV medication that was designed to keep infected people alive. Those drugs come with heavy side effects and I won't accept those for myself.
But how will RFK sabotage it?
Good news...
GOOD NEWS!
So, I encourage everyone to read the study information(www.yeztugohcp.com/efficacy#cli...) and consult with your doctor (Don't skip this step). The drug is quite effective, but there are resistant strains, and 2(out of 2200-ish) in the second study got HIV. 1/2
Explore YEZTUGO (lenacapavir) clinical study design, and the results of the PURPOSE 1 and PURPOSE 2 clinical trials. See full Prescribing Info & read the BOXED WARNING.
YAAAAAAAAAY
Let's just hope this doesn't go the way of insulin.
Would have appreciated it more 30 years ago when I was still sexually active. :/
I first heard about it at the German Aidshilfe conference in Ocotber 2024. Back then, we were worried it would be too expensive, but respect to big pharma Guilead in this case, they immediately gave up their rights to it when they realized what a game changer this would be.
Thank goodness. Now to mKe it free globally.
NOBODY tell RFK Jr.
I’m sure RFK will find a way to fight this.
Finally some good news in the world
PrEP became freely accessible in Brazil some time ago, the hospital where I have my appointments for HRT even have fliers about it focused on the trans population. Quite neat
For those 5 funny men we lost in the mid-90s due to HIV/AIDS, especially you Angel and Bob, this is long overdue. I still think fondly of you all with love and appreciation. This is incredible news! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 👼👼👼👼👼 🎗🎗🎗🎗🎗
This is the win we absolutely needed in this nightmare future.
Wow! Babykiller Bobby will be able to ban it in the US!
RFK .no its banned!
only available as a generic in select countries… excluding much of Latin America and of course the USA where treatment will continue to cost over $20k/yr
www.positivelyaware.com/articles/gil...
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Knowing some things about medicine I'm extremely suspicious of the 100% number because it just doesn't exist in reality, but anything near that is still amazing.
Great news!
que the anti vaxer bullshit..
If RFK blocks the generic versions because of "wide-ranging concerns" and then 'trumpco' starts selling an expensive version... well. I won't be surprised.
Wow, something good happening in the 2020s? This is awesome.
Pretty cool
RFK Jr. will ban it as soon as he hears about it.
I am not going to lie I thought RFK was going to make this impossible. I didn't realize one was already so close to being ready. Saints be praised or whoever else you believe in praising.
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Thank God it wasn't rfk'd
A shirtless RFK bursts through the door, tearing lids off drums of the vaccine and guzzling them down like Popeye as he incomprehensively gargles something about kids and mercury.
Wow this is awes- wait a minute… RFK wasn’t involved in this in any way, was he? Like he didn’t consult or advise? Can we prove he was never near the lab where this was developed? I need to see the chain of custody log…
[opens vile to smell contents] God damn it. It’s Goya Bean juice. He was here.
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Amazing news. Big pharma still sucks for how much they screw over sick people.
It this is a game changer.
God's I hope the other countries out there push this for as many people as possible amd end HIV forever. God knows the USA won't right now.
a little bit of hope helps
When we've cured AIDS yet it's NOT the biggest headline because of the president's systematic dismantling of government, democrating voting & human rights. 🤦🏻♀️
Holy shit!
Wait. There’s actually some good news? Really good news?
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Excellent news. But I'm interested to see how UK manages to fuck this up
W O W
Watch the Republican Congress take steps against it because they think it's a punishment sent by God
Is this that much better than prep??
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I admire Gilead for this very necessary step towards health and equity
So great to hear some good news for a change!
Is insane RFKJr and his syndicate of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories going to allow THIS in the US?
Hmph.
All thanks to Federal funding. Remember those good old days when America was great and we funded all this shit with our collective money? Pretty cool, glad no assholes took that money away from researchers.
I’m skeptical that this is real
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@sailorrooscout.bsky.social Was this the news you were talking about?!
I also want to say how amazing things have been going so far before this. Per the article, about 1.3 mil are suffering from it now.
That's so low already! We've come a long way and it actually feels like we will be able to see this horrible disease gone in our lifetime.
Incredible!
