Last month, figures from the PHLS showed the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in the UK had reached an all-time high.

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In other cases, there are patients, for example those with newly diagnosed heart failure, who were purposely excluded from the studies because of general agreement that they would not benefit from the therapy.

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