Greg Owen is a UK-born activist who started a website to make generic pre-exposure prophylaxis medication (PrEP) accessible to prevent HIV infection.
[4] British sexual health specialist Mags Portman heard about Owen's website, and got in contact with him.
Portman sought the opinion of the General Medical Council, which directed that a clinician's responsibility was to provide the best care for their patients, regardless of what was commissioned.
Sexual health clinics began offering blood and urine tests to those purchasing the generic PrEP to provide assurance that they were buying the real drug instead of dummy pills.
Owen was the only activist invited to these meetings, as "every HIV specialist knew that he was the main link to thousands of people wanting the drug".
[6] By the time the NHS lost in the High Court of Justice to the National AIDS Trust in August 2016, I Want Prep Now was receiving 12,000 unique visitors each month.