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A MEDICATION THAT dramatically reduces the risk of contracting HIV is to be made available on prescription through Irish pharmacists at a significantly cheaper price than the current €400 a month.
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a once daily medication that can significantly reduce risk of infection among HIV-negative people at high risk.
To date, PrEP has only been available to buy on prescription at a price of over €400 a month in Ireland.
However, marking World AIDS Day, Teva Pharmaceuticals confirmed its more affordable, generic version of the medication will be made available in pharmacies in Ireland from Monday, on foot of a doctor’s prescription.
Teva’s PrEP is expected to be 70% cheaper than the current cost of its branded equivalent. This will still cost those at risk of HIV around €1440 a year.
People are at high risk of contracting HIV when their partners are HIV-positive or when they have unprotected sex.
The medication was first launched in the United States in 2012 and since then has been made available in multiple healthcare jurisdictions across the world.
The HSE has not yet moved to reimburse PrEP and, despite today’s news, the medication will not be made available to patients under the general medical services scheme (GMS) or the drug payment scheme.
The new generic version must be paid for in full by the patient on presentation of a doctor’s prescription.
“We are conscious that the HSE has yet to move to reimburse this medication for those who do not have the resources to pay for it privately. We are engaging with the HSE to progress this issue to ensure that PrEP can be accessed by all,” General manager of Teva, Sandra Gannon said.
Teva is currently writing to all doctors working in the area of sexual health to update them on the availability of PrEP in pharmacies, to ensure they can advise their patients appropriately.
The number of HIV diagnoses in Ireland has increased by 35% since 2011.
512 new HIV diagnoses were made in 2016. A total of 485 people were diagnosed in Ireland in 2015.
The World Health Organisation released guidelines last year recommending that oral PrEP should be offered as an additional prevention choice for people at substantial risk of HIV infection.
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3 ios apps, 1 for android being a football app, and instagram! Wow its 2010 again!….not a very broad appeal. I’m going to go all out and say this selection is shite! Sorry fella, you tried.
I agree, show us some android! Or at least apps that are crossed on both platforms :)
A few worth while Android apps for ya, first of all
UTorrent: download all the torrents you do on your home computer except straight to your smartphone. FREE
SwiftKey:is also amazing at the start I thought I would never actually use it but it saves so much time now I couldn’t use a phone without it. NOT FREE
Accatracker:for those Android fans who like gambling and doing accumulators this thing is amazing it was already on ios but it’s now on android. FREE
Dropbox:is a must have for students and anyone who likes to work at home and needs files close to them all the time. FREE
And last but not least Zedge: have pretty much any ringtone or wallpaper you like and even if you don’t want a new one u mite just get an idea from the favorites list. FREE
I am shocked and appalled to learn that the author of the article has the…the….the CHEEK to not consider what type of phone Marcoop uses, or even what kind of apps Marcoop specifically wants to see in a list like this.
’5 worth downloading apps’is the title.. They could’ve done 3 apps specific to each platform and 2 that are available across all three platforms..I.e broadness..just a suggestion thats all, wouldn’t get too hung up on it Rory..
Try Pirate Legends on iOS. It’s free, made in Ireland and awesome :) :)
Dead right Marcoop, ill try thinking before typing next time. Sound.
The vast majority of smartphone users in this country have phones running Android. Giving one Android app out of five is odd to say the least.
Would have to agree – far too iPhone based, little of interest here for me.
Aah I’m gone off apps
There an app for that.
Cos you having got a I phone
I came in here all excited and I’m sloping off disheartened.
One review and I don’t even like soccer, bad form!
Anything with in app purchase instant delete. Should be banned €70 for level unlock so some kid gets duped into buying on parents phone should be illegal.
You can turn off in app purchases quite easily though
Yeah you should totally be able to make in game purchases! Just turn off in game purchases or use a PIN number if you don’t want your kids buying stuff. It’s not that hard to control what you buy.
Android users = Bitter people
They can’t go without commenting on the iPhone or ios in a badway, just pettiness at this stage
Aaron
Android users : hoping to get an iPhone for Xmas !!!
Nonsense article.
“All hail the iPhone, King of all smartphones!”
41mega pixel Lumia ….. tempted to delve into windows 8 mobile for something like that
#shit
Owen’s contribution is certainly not over elaborate and some would say succinct.
Whilst he conveys his immediate impressions of the article/content/contributor in his brief analysis, the reader is left hungry for more.
Once again the journal and windows phone, did anyone do any research here?
Android users download ingress.
We are not all apple fanboys
This article is too mainstream for me.
I love Orkland Castle Defence for Android. Level 1 free then purchase the next 6 levels for 0.75c. NO in game purchases. Brilliant game.
Get clumsy ninja…great fun and free :)
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