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HIV 'wonder drug' in the work - Bill Gates

Bill Gates speaks in Beijing, Tuesday, November 6, 2018. [AP Photo]

Bill Gates, the American business magnate, and philanthropist said his Foundation is working with researchers to come up with a drug that offers 60 days and six months of protection against HIV and which will be available in the next four years.

Gates said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation learnt a lot after developing tenofovir, a drug that was aimed at preventing HIV infections, if taken daily, but it did not succeed beyond the trial stage.

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