Intact but not in use: Florida’s AIDS drug formulary advisory panel

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 1,085

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Florida Department of Health limited access to life-saving drugs for people with HIV without consulting its hand-picked advisory committee charged with maintaining and updating the list of available drugs for the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program.

Some members of the HIV Section Medication Formulary Workgroup aren’t sure whether the panel still even exists.

“My understanding is, it’s been disbanded,” Dr. Jonathan Appelbaum, a member of the panel, told Leon County Circuit Judge Jonathan Sjostrom …

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