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Merck is preparing a global access network for alimatravir as the investigational once-monthly oral HIV PrEP candidate advances through Phase 3 trials, with efficacy, affordability and manufacturing readiness set to determine its future public health impact. Representative image.

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Merck is licensing alimatravir before Phase 3 ends. Can a monthly HIV pill beat the access clock?

by Pallavi Madhiraju
July 24, 2026
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Merck’s alimatravir access plan covers 129 countries, but Phase 3 efficacy, pricing and regulatory execution will decide its HIV PrEP impact.

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Representative image of biopharma laboratory research. Gilead Sciences and Merck’s latest Phase 3 updates highlight the promise of once-weekly HIV treatment with islatravir and lenacapavir, while raising fresh questions over Trodelvy’s lung cancer expansion strategy.

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Representative image of a clinician reviewing skeletal imaging, illustrating Mirum Pharmaceuticals and Incyte’s zilurgisertib Phase 2 progress in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva and the rare disease treatment questions facing regulators.

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