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tablet for treatment preventive from infection HIVpre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP), will be free at Italyas decided today by the Committee on Prices and Reimbursement of the Italian Narcotics Agency
tablet for treatment preventive from infection HIVpre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP), will be free at Italyas decided today by the Committee on Prices and Reimbursement of the Italian Narcotics Agency (AIFA).
Tenofovir, disoproxil, and emtricitabine preparations used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)HIV), which causes AIDS, will be reimbursed and will be borne by the state, according to local media reports.
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AIFA sources consulted by EFE confirmed the decision but clarified that “it will still take time” for the pills to become free in Italian pharmacies, pending a series of bureaucratic procedures needed to make the measure official.
Until now, this prevention HIV it costs about 50 euros, depending on whether you bought the generic or the original product called Truvada.
IN Italysince 1982 when he was diagnosed first case AIDS in the country was 72,034 infectionsof which 77.1% (55,537) were Menaccording to a report from the Higher Institute of Health (ISS) last November.
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AnlAids, which has been voicing the need to invest in fighting the virus since 1985, said in a statement that the Medicines Agency’s decision was “an important step forward” but asked for free diagnostics to be extended to “the entire process.” “.
“PreP reimbursement is an important step forward in preventing HIVbecause it allows anyone to get it. But this is a journey that, in addition to the prescription, requires periodic control of sexually transmitted infections,” explained its President Bruno Marchini.
He argued that this “process” “is still the responsibility of the user at the moment in most Italian regions.”
“We hope that (the state) will take full responsibility for this in order to ensure effective prevention and full awareness,” he concluded.
(EFE)
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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