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Approval of a cheap version of HIV-prevention shot lenacapavir raises hopes in low-income countries

Approval of a cheap version of HIV-prevention shot lenacapavir raises hopes in low-income countries
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV — a big step toward making the drug available inexpensively and more quickly in 120 low- and middle-income countries. The announcement was made on Monday morning by the manufa...

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