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. 2024 Sep 20;11(11):e765–e773. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00239-X

Table 2.

Health and budget impact and maximum price threshold for lenacapavir scale-up

Main scenario
Higher lenacapavir coverage scenario
Western Kenya Zimbabwe South Africa Western Kenya Zimbabwe South Africa
Lenacapavir coverage 2·9% (2·8 to 3·0) 4·0% (3·4 to 5·1) 1·6% (1·5 to 1·8) 5·8% (5·6 to 6·0) 8·1% (6·8 to 10·5) 3·2% (2·9 to 3·6)
HIV infections averted 18·0% (11·0 to 22·9) 17·0% (3·3 to 28·2) 12·3% (5·4 to 19·5) 33·3% (28·5 to 36·9) 31·0% (21·3 to 45·8) 21·2% (14·7 to 28·5)
HIV-associated deaths averted 3·5% (0·1 to 6·6) 5·8 (−3·2 to 14·3) 3·0% (−0·7 to 6·8) 6·7% (3·1 to 10·1) 10·6% (1·6 to 19·3) 4·9% (0·8 to 8·8)
Doses required over the first 5 years 145 454 (139 757 to 151 137) 501 406 (421 531 to 645 223) 3 942 509 (3 541 901 to 4 408 477) 286 776 (275 591 to 298 169) 998 447 (833 636 to 1 309 415) 7 728 013 (6 915 810 to 8 677 953)
HIV infections averted per 1000 doses 29 (17 to 40) 34 (6 to 74) 28 (11 to 46) 27 (22 to 32) 31 (15 to 57) 24 (16 to 36)
DALYs averted 45 315 (73 231 to 22 453) 282 649 (−12 843 to 833 338) 1 324 790 (−79 790 to 2 908 432) 83 650 (113 843 to 60 873) 509 733 (1 044 646 to 135 655) 2 176 579 (4 055 428 to 697 331)
Maximum price per dose at $500 per DALY averted, $ 16·58 (15·44 to 17·70) 21·15 (17·70 to 24·89) 106·28 (95·72 to 115·87) 14·78 (14·33 to 15·30) 17·71 (15·61 to 20·05) 88·34 (83·02 to 94·19)
Maximum price per dose at $200 per DALY averted, $ 11·32 (10·34 to 12·23) 11·68 (9·09 to 14·21) 74·87 (66·65 to 82·33) 9·87 (9·38 to 10·31) 9·23 (7·73 to 10·77) 62·34 (58·18 to 66·88)
5-year budget impact, $ 4 086 333 (3 863 089 to 4 297 703) 16 803 502 (13 951 046 to 22 639 690) 507 252 479 (436 138 529 to 585 420 059) 7 451 884 (7 110 730 to 7 845 199) 29 500 374 (24 615 177 to 39 523 839) 835 292 422 (736 980 200 to 962 975 488)
Modelled population size in 2026 4 299 746 (4 291 296 to 4 310 059) 10 683 464 (10 621 909 to 10 754 812) 41 792 955 (41 519 588 to 42 030 162) 4 299 746 (4 291 296 to 4 310 059) 10 683 464 (10 621 909 to 10 754 812) 41 792 955 (41 519 588 to 42 030 162)

Health impacts are compared to the baseline scenario of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis only. HIV infections averted are reported for people aged 15–65 years over 10 years of lenacapavir implementation; deaths averted are calculated over the 35-year time horizon. Lenacapavir coverage is reported for people aged 15–49 years over 10 years of lenacapavir implementation. Prices are in 2021 US$. Values in parentheses show 95% uncertainty intervals representing the 2·5th and 97·5th percentiles across 100 parameter sets. DALYs=disability-adjusted life-years.