| Clip Of Price of HIV Prevention Drug Truvada
Report Video IssueRepresentative Ocasio-Cortez Confronts Gilead CEO Over Truvada Pricing
2019-05-16T10:58:37-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e7f/20190516105929012_hd.jpgNew York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez asks Giliead CEO Daniel O'Day why the HIV prevention drug, Truvada, costs $2,000 in the U.S. compared with just $8 in Australia. Mr. O'Day says the list price in the U.S. is currently $1,780, and says that the price differential is due to the fact that "Truvada still has patent protection in the United State and in the rest of the world it is generic." He goes on to say that the drug will be generically available in the U.S. in September 2020.
New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez asks Giliead CEO Daniel O'Day why the HIV prevention drug, Truvada, costs… read more
New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez asks Giliead CEO Daniel O'Day why the HIV prevention drug, Truvada, costs $2,000 in the U.S. compared with just $8 in Australia. Mr. O'Day says the list price in the U.S. is currently $1,780, and says that the price differential is due to the fact that "Truvada still has patent protection in the United State and in the rest of the world it is generic." He goes on to say that the drug will be generically available in the U.S. in September 2020. close
People in this video
- Ayanna Pressley U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
- Harley Rouda U.S. Representative [D] California
- Kelly Armstrong U.S. Representative [R] North Dakota
- James R. Comer U.S. Representative [R] Kentucky
- Gerry Connolly U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
- Elijah Cummings U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
- Mark DeSaulnier U.S. Representative [D] California
- Stephen Ezell Vice President Information Technology and Innovation Foundation->Global Innovation Policy
- Robert Grant M.D. Scientist and Professor University of California, San Francisco
- Glenn Grothman U.S. Representative [R] Wisconsin
- Jody B. Hice U.S. Representative [R] Georgia
- Clay Higgins U.S. Representative [R] Louisiana
- Katie Hill U.S. Representative [D] California
- Tim Horn Director National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors->Medication Access and Pricing
- Jim Jordan U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
- Ro Khanna U.S. Representative [D] California
- Aaron Lord M.D. Physician and HIV/AIDS Advocate
- Carolyn Maloney U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Mark Meadows U.S. Representative [R] North Carolina
- Carol Miller U.S. Representative [R] West Virginia
- Ralph Norman U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
- Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressional Delegate [D] District of Columbia
- Daniel O'Day Chair and CEO Gilead Sciences
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Jamie Raskin U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
- Chip Roy U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- John P. Sarbanes U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
- Jackie Speier U.S. Representative [D] California
- Rashida Tlaib U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
- Rochelle Walensky M.D. Division Chief Massachusetts General Hospital->Infectious Diseases Division