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Rashida Tlaib: “I ask you as a representative of my community, as a proud American, as a scientist, and as a patient, to join me in…”

On the recordMay 15, 2019
I ask you as a representative of my community, as a proud American, as a scientist, and as a patient, to join me in asking Mr. O'Day what justification do you have for charging $2,000 a month for Truvada as PrEP when the American people funded the innovation of the molecule, invented its use as PrEP, and funded four clinical trials to prove its efficacy?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib questions Gilead's pricing of Truvada, highlighting public funding of its development.

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