There is absolutely NO WAY that a brand name drug costs $8 dollars. This is just confusion. 8 dollars is what the user pays in co-pay at a pharmacy. Taxes paid

There is absolutely NO WAY that a brand name drug costs $8 dollars. This is just confusion. 8 dollars is what the user pays in co-pay at a pharmacy. Taxes paid for others shoulder the rest, via a subsidy mechanism. Reference from the first google search: https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/78769/truvada-300-200mg-tablets-30 https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/78769/truvada-300-20... Private prescription means you forgo the govt subsidy. Truvada is apparently no longer on the subsidized (PBS) list: https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/no-more-subsidised-truvada-for-australians-but-there-are-alternatives/194091 https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/no-more-s...