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Since November 2017 the NHS in Scotland has been providing generic PrEP instead of a very expensive Truvada. The Scottish Medicines Consortium asked the manufacturer of Truvada to come along to court to dispute the cost of the medication and the prescribing of a generic. Gilead did not show up so the Scottish court system ruled in favour of the SMC. Since November 2017 we have been using a generic with no problems. I was also part of a writing group for a resource called Buying PrEP online
Americans have got to sort out their health care - it makes them all look like The Purge is real.
Richard
Cost is the major factor in all of this. And the cost is considerable. It can't be ignored. Michael1 suggests the obvious way forward - the using of generic meds instead of expensive branded ones.
April 17, 2018 • UK