Drug Company to Halt HIV Research

The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding has announced that it will cease all HIV medication research and it's HIV researchers will be assigned to different areas. Roche made the announcement stating that their current HIV medications under development do not offer a significant advancement in the treatment of HIV when compared with existing medications on the market. Experts urge that this is not a sign that drug companies are pulling out of HIV research. In fact there are more companies now there there was ten years ago, all looking for a share of the $10 billion spent each year on HIV medications.

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