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FDA panel backs first pill to block HIV infection

Critics worry pill could discourage other precautions

By Matthew Perrone

 |  Associated press  

  May 11, 2012

The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

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