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Where Were the Women? Gender Parity in Clinical Trials

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  • Robert H. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.,
  • and Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H.

On October 3, the FDA approved coformulated tenofovir alafenamide and emtricitabine (F/TAF) for HIV prevention in at-risk “adults and adolescents…excluding those who have receptive vaginal sex.” F/TAF’s story highlights numerous flaws in the drug-approval process.

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Funding and Disclosures

Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available at NEJM.org.

This article was published on October 30, 2019, at NEJM.org.

Author Affiliations

From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (R.H.G., R.P.W.), and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center (R.P.W.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research, Harvard Medical School (R.P.W.) — both in Boston.

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