Online 'buyers clubs' for cheaper drugs help fight HIV, hepatitis C
Data shows treatment arranged through these clubs can be just as effective as through conventional channels
London
FRUSTRATED by the high price of antiviral drugs, thousands of patients from London to Moscow to Sydney are turning to a new wave of online "buyers clubs" to get cheap generic medicines to cure hepatitis C and protect against HIV infection.
While regulators warn that buying drugs online is risky, scientific data presented at a recent medical conference suggest that treatment arranged through buyers club can be just as effective as through conventional channels.
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