STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: Merck strikes voluntary licensing deals in poor countries for an experimental HIV prevention pill Merck is striking licensing deals for its experimental HIV prevention pill in hope of getting wide-scale production started quickly. https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/07/24/merck-experimental-hiv-prevention-pill-licensing-deals/ statnews.com