ACT UP London protest HIV prevention drug maker to demand global access

ACT UP London protest GIlead (Image: ACT UP London)

The HIV/AIDS activist group ACT UP London has hosted a protest outside a pharmaceutical company today (24 September) that produces a highly effective injectable HIV prevention drug to demand that they make the treatment accessible to all.

The London faction of ACT UP, which stands for AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, gathered outside of Gilead, the makers of the drug, lenacapavir, with a banner that read “Gilead Stop Your Delay: Generic Lenacapavir Now!”

Protestors also showed up with giant syringes and submitted a letter to Gilead laying out their demands, which included making the drug affordable and available to low and middle income countries.

“Lenacapavir PrEP could benefit tens of millions of people at high risk of infection” –

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