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Why won’t our condom-obsessed NHS back this wonder drug?

Truvada could reduce new HIV infections to zero – if the puritanical health establishment went for it

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

You have probably never heard of Truvada, but it is a pharmacological breakthrough that has the potential to consign Aids to the history books. The drug effectively makes its users immune to the HIV virus. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration approved Truvada for use over three years ago.

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Dr Max Pemberton is the editor of Spectator Health.

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