A drug exists that is nearly 100% effective at preventing HIV and only needs to be taken twice a year. It's called lenacapavir.
But Gilead, the company that controls it, isn't making enough available for the world.
We know Gilead can make lenacapavir more accessible.
Generic Ozempic, which Canada has but USA doesn't, is a mildly interesting new twist (tho unconvinced it will change anything) in this endless import-cheaper-drugs saga.
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"With FDA backing, Colorado says state will save money by importing drugs from Canada"
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Doctors Without Borders
Prepared me for the experience of having someone else simultaneously editing in the same Google Doc.
Interesting bit of housekeeping re: the Urgent Public Health Need framework, allowing the post-EU UK back as an authorized foreign jurisdiction.
Jurisdictions still interesting (Re: Switzerland, IYKYK), tho UPHN remains underutilized (& could become even moreso now #1 drug rifapentine has approval).
"The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first comprehensive guidelines for the clinical management of filovirus disease which include all types of #Ebola and Marburg viruses." www.who.int/news/item/17...
Some interesting stuff in this article:
"Chagas disease in Canadian blood donors: 15 years of selective testing"
#NTDs #ChagasDisease🩸
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