Absolutely they are. Everything these days in business and government are not at all about doing what's right, or doing what's best for the people, but rather, are all about someone, somewhere making a LOT of money. In the case of HIV meds, big pharma makes an obscene amount of money from each patient who is on their medications, largely because they need them or they will die. The Pfizer CEO even stated on public record that big pharma is not in the business of finding cures, but rather, is in the business of shareholder profits.

The problem with a cure is that a patient cured is a patient lost, so by finding a cure, it would actually have a significant impact to the profits of big pharma. Simply put, there's big money in treating an illness or disease, but not really any money in curing it. If they treat it, they can rake in over $3,000 each and every month for treating the illness or disease, however if they cure it, they make a smaller one-time profit, then lose that $3,000 or more on each patient cured.

For this reason, I do not think we'll ever find a cure, and if we do, it will either be silenced and the FDA will go to great lengths to ensure that it is never officially approved, or it will come at such an outrageous cost that the vast majority of the population will not be able to afford it.

The cure for Hep C is a prime example of this. Big Pharma makes a killing each month off of each and every patient that they treat, however when they cure a patient, they lose that continued revenue from treating it. A cure was found, tested, and was even approved by the FDA. It has a 100% success rates with ZERO known side effects, as long as you take every dose of the medication, and you take it consistently. It's even a really simple cure too.

It consists of ONE pill once a day for 90 days, but because of how much money Big Pharma makes off of treating Hep C, it comes at a cost of about $1,000 USD per pill. Sadly, because of this insane cost, it is extremely difficult to get most insurance companies to pay for it, and usually, those that do will only cover 80% of it. This is no doubt by design to protect the profits of the treatment instead, and leaves people still on the hook to the tune of $18,000 USD, even with insurance.

So if we do ever find a cure (if we haven't already), there's no doubt in my mind that if it ever becomes FDA approved, it will follow a similar pricing structure so that insurance companies will eat the cost of treatment because the annual cost of treatment is far less than the one-time cost of the cure.

Hi Brad, I hope you're doing well and everything is going great. I've been waiting for a cure for 30 years and it seems to me it will never come. As you rightly say, pharmaceutical companies aren't interested in developing a cure; the disease is more profitable than the cure. I've been using injections for several years now, two shots every two months, and they're really great. It hurts a little for the first two days, but after that, nothing! And I stopped taking the pills, which are a hassle; you forget to take them or go pick them up. I recommend that anyone who has the opportunity to start with the injections shouldn't hesitate. Best wishes, and I hope everyone continues to do well! 🤗🤗🤗

Hola Brad, espero estés muy bien y todo vaya genial,yo llevo esperando la cura 30 años y a mí parecer la cura nunca llegará,cómo bien dices a las farmacéuticas no les interesa sacar la cura,es más rentable la enfermedad que la cura,yo llevo varios años con los inyectables dos pinchazos cada dos meses y la verdad que genial,duele un poco durante los dos primeros días pero después naaaaa y me quite las pastillas que son un engorro,se te olvida tomarlas o ir a recogerlas,yo recomiendo al que tenga la oportunidad de empezar con los inyectables que no lo dude,un saludo y que todos sigan igual de bien 🤗🤗🤗

If it gives everyone pleasure to keep believing that no one is looking for a cure for HIV, fine. Knock yourselves out believing that. If we come to understand more of what HIV does to our immune systems, we can perhaps appreciate that the needle in a haystack that will result in a cure may never be found; or it might be fifty more years. If you're setting your life's plans around there being a cure, that is more likely to be futile than not. I wish you well.

@A myHIVteam Member The Pasteur institute beat Gallo by a year. Unlikely Gallo discovered so much as "acquired" as the two were genetically identical viruses.

@A myHIVteam Member the Pancreatic cancer timeframe will vary quite a bit, as does the HIV each of us experiences will differ in each of us, but essentially doubling average life expectancy is pretty good progress. Quality of life. We usually die of something and more often than not, we aren't having fun when we do. IMO we make the quality of life we pay attention to.

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Brad I agree with you on this.

I am still on an older regimen (3 separate drugs) as I'm undetectable and T cells (433) are fairly stable. I would like them higher but they are not to far from when I tested positive 41 years ago.

I submit that at this point in history the extension was DUE to government intervention. I agree Brad, we would do well to reinvent our entire health care system.