5 February 2021
Elliot Ikilei
Via Email: [FYI request #14402 email]
Dear Elliot
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: COST OF FUNDING EMTRICITABINE WITH
TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL
Thank you for your request dated 6 January 2021 under the Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) for information relating to emtricitabine with tenofovir disoproxil. You asked for:
A monetary value of the cost spent funding Truvada, otherwise known as PrEP, for the
period from 1 January 2018 up to and including 31 December 2020, or as close to this date
as possible, including partial funding.
Please find the information you have requested provided in the table below.
Brand name
2018
2019
2020
Truvada
$9,948,856.98 $1,889,091.70
$0.00
Teva
$0.00 $1,412,600.40 $2,194,349.41
Note: figures provided are the gross cost (excluding any applicable rebates) of funding spent
per calendar year
Note:
1. Emtricitabine with tenofovir disoproxil is used for multiple indications including, but not
limited to, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), confirmed HIV and prevention of
maternal transmission.
2. The Teva brand of emtricitabine with tenofovir disoproxil has been listed in the
Pharmaceutical Schedule since April 2019.
3. The Truvada brand of emtricitabine with tenofovir disoproxil was delisted from the
Pharmaceutical Schedule in September 2019.
We trust that this information answers your queries. We are making our information more
freely available, so we will now publish selected OIA responses (excluding personal details)
on our website. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about this.
Yours sincerely
Rachel Read
Manager, Policy and Government Services
2020-21-077; A1457447
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