Preventing HIV Just Got A Lot Cheaper. What Took So Long?

<p>After nearly a decade of sky-high prices, generics have sent the price of the HIV prevention drug PrEP plummeting. What kept it so expensive for so long, and will the price drop help us finally eradicate HIV?</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><a href="https://www.uchastings.edu/people/robin-feldman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robin Feldman</a>, Professor of Law, UC Hastings; Director of the Center for Innovation</p><p><a href="https://www.i-mak.org/people/tahir-amin/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tahir Amin</a>, Co-Executive Director, I-MAK</p><p><a href="https://cira.yale.edu/people/oni-blackstock-md" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oni Blackstock, MD</a>, Primary care and HIV physician</p><p><a href="https://www.nastad.org/staff/tim-horn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tim Horn</a>, Director of Health Care Access, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors</p><p><a href="https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/garthwaite_craig.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Craig Garthwaite</a>, Director of Health Care, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern Univ.</p><p><br></p><p>Dig deeper into the research and tradeoffs of prescription drug pricing on our website: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2021/04/22/preventing-hiv-just-got-a-lot-cheaper-what-took-so-long/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/04/22/preventing-hiv-just-got-a-lot-cheaper-what-took-so-long/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: <a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/723a3a91-aa98-4a64-91a9-ec3049cc20d7/bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support this type of journalism today, with a gift: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/donate</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follo