FDA APPROVES POWERFUL HIV DRUG THAT NEARLY ELIMINATED SPREAD IN CLINICAL TRIALS

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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new HIV-prevention medication called Yeztugo. The drug nearly eliminated the spread of HIV in clinical trials. It is the first in a new class of antiretrovirals that block HIV from infecting and making new copies of itself inside the immune cells it targets. It costs $14,109 per injection, so health insurers will likely decline to cover the treatment in favor of other forms of PrEP, which can cost as little as $30 per month.