The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has agreed to approve the treatment, which is known as Prep. A "game-changing" drug which dramatically reduces the chances of being infected with HIV is to be made available on the NHS in Scotland. Scientists have found that a daily dose of the drug can protect people at risk of contracting the virus. It means Scotland will become … [Read more...]
Second case report of PrEP failure due to drug-resistant virus
A PrEP user in New York City has become HIV positive with virus that is resistant to Truvada and other antiretroviral drugs, the HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P 2016) conference in Chicago heard today. This is only the second such case that has been reported, highlighting the rarity but not the impossibility of HIV infections in people who adhere to their PrEP (pre-exposure … [Read more...]
PrEP HIV drugs: court hears NHS England appeal
NHS England is appealing high court ruling it has power to commission ‘game-changing’ prevention strategy A legal battle is being fought out in the court of appeal over who pays the bill for a service to block HIV infection. The high court ruled that NHS England has the power to commission PrEP, which has been described as a “game changer” in the fight against … [Read more...]
Scottish campaigners call for ‘immediate’ access to HIV prevention drug
7th August 2016 by Judith Duffy [Herald Scotland] Article Link Campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to follow the example of France and introduce a drug that can prevent HIV without waiting for it to be licensed. The drug, called Truvada, triggered headlines last week after the High Court told the NHS in England it should fund the treatment, despite health … [Read more...]
Give young people and gay men free condoms to reduce STIs, watchdog says
5 August 2016 by Sarah Boseley (Guardian) Link to Article Draft guidance from Nice says councils should consider schemes to provide free advice and condoms to halt rise in HIV and gonorrhoea Local authorities should run schemes to supply young people with free condoms and sex advice in an attempt to curtail the number of sexually transmitted infections, a health … [Read more...]