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Gilead Shelves Sunlenca’s PrEP Program in Japan as Coverage Issue Weighs
Gilead Sciences is putting a hold on the Japan development of its anti-HIV therapy Sunlenca (lenacapavir) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) due to the country’s reimbursement challenges for preventive medicines. This might give rise to a new drug loss if the…
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