HIV prevention drug Truvada won't be subsidised in Australia

By Rania Spooner
Updated September 3 2016 - 11:13am, first published August 19 2016 - 9:04pm
The drug Truvada will not be subsidised in Australia Photo: Jeff Chiu
The drug Truvada will not be subsidised in Australia Photo: Jeff Chiu

An expensive breakthrough drug that prevents people from getting HIV won't be funded by taxpayers in Australia this year, the nation's drug funding panel has ruled.