'People are dying for no reason': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confronts drug company CEO over HIV medication costing almost $2,000 a month in the US and only $8 in Australia

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday confronted the CEO of a drug company of the high cost of an HIV prevention drug.Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday confronted the CEO of the drug company Gilead over the high cost of an HIV-prevention drug.

Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day said that the current monthly list price is a product of the drug's"patent protection" in the US, while a generic version of the drug is sold in other countries. Speaking to Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day, Ocasio-Cortez asked why the drug Truvada for PrEP , which can help reduce the risk of contracting HIV via sex, cost nearly $2,000 per month in the US, versus $8 in Australia.

The Gilead CEO did not offer specifics on the price in Australia, but reports suggest the generic drug costs somewhere in the range of, depending on the person's circumstances. He also said that the drug will be generically available in the US as of September 2020.

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She’s been on a roll! Calling out a lot of obviousness that just goes unnoticed.

'That's just the price you pay for the greatest medical care in the world!!!' -- spoken with so much snark my heart explodes, rushed to an American hospital 'Sir, sir, we need a credit card before we can save your life!'

She has finally figured out what her worthless ass can do while in CONgress Trump has already said same (PHARMA)

This being is too annoying

Go get them babe 🎯

There is a reason...the drugs are too expensive. fixed

Keep fighting the good fight.

Actually there are reasons. Drug company profits and CEO pay over treatment/lives and, thanks to the constraint on negotiating drug prices here, USA patients subsidize global ones.

go girl !

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