23Aug
Protests in Brazil exposures Gilead’s greed to block generic sofosbuvir
In Rio de Janeiro activists demand INPI to reject the patent. In São Paulo, activists remembered the deaths due to lack of access in front of Gilead’s office.
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Lives in the background: Truvada’s ads in the US and the business logic in health
“I’m on the pill,” declares a transgender woman in an up-close shot featured in Gilead Science’s latest drug commercial. “But it’s not birth control,” says a young guy, with a smile, in another scene. The actors are touting Truvada, the only drug approved to prevent the transmission of HIV.
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