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No PBS listing for HIV prevention pill

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has rejected an application to recommend the listing of a HIV prevention drug on the PBS.

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A HIV prevention drug won't be taxpayer-subsidised after a committee decided not to recommend its listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

An application to list Truvuda - a once-daily pill which costs around $750 a month and aimed at preventing HIV transmission - was rejected on Friday.

The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations said it was disappointed with the decision, adding people were needlessly getting HIV while waiting to access the pill.


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