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Re:FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection by call_me_dana on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @03:07PM (#25920459)
There are indeed huge profit incentives for a cure. There are even larger profits to be had from a monthly treatment that the patient has to take for the rest of their lives.

Are you saying people that aren’t taking a monthly biologic injection for example will start coming out of the woodwork for a cure when normally they wouldn’t seek treatment for their malady?

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Re:FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection by tsimionescu on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @05:37PM (#25921866)
People don't buy medical treatments in most of the world. Countries do.

And countries will always pick the best priced possible treatment.

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Re:FDA approves first monthly injectable to treat HIV infection by jjcon on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @06:46PM (#25922424)
You speak as if there is just one entity making these things. There isn’t, there are hundreds of labs all over the world working on this. If one of them comes out with a treatment alternative like this it may gain some traction but if they came out with a cure they would dominate the global market
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