U.S. Aids Shot Approved
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U.S. approves world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV transmission
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The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV.
It nearly eliminated new infections in two groundbreaking studies of people at high risk.
The drug called lenacapavir is a drug made by Gilead Sciences .
Global efforts at ending the HIV pandemic by 2030 have stalled.
Gilead signed agreements with six generic drug makers to produce low-cost versions of the shot for 120 poor countries.
The company plans to make enough shots to supply 2 million people in those countries, at no profit, until the generics are available.
HIV experts worry the arrangements leave out middle-income countries like some in Latin America .
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