New HIV drugs set to be cheaper

The 1 December listing will substantially reduce the cost of the drugs for patients, which currently retail at $10,800 a year.

The step comes as the Federal Government launches Australia’s eighth national HIV strategy, which aims to virtually eliminate transmission of the virus by 2022.

The TGA approved the once-daily dolutegravir and rilpivirine (Juluca) as a treatment for HIV in July.

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