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U.S. ships groundbreaking HIV drug to Africa, but slashed funding threatens progress

The U.S. just shipped two million doses of lenacapavir, a groundbreaking twice-a-year HIV-prevention injectable medication, ...
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Merck Says Its Two-Drug Regimen For HIV Treatment Proven Non-Inferior To Gilead’s Biktarvy In Study

The safety profile of the regimen was also found to be comparable to Biktarvy. ・Merck now intends to present findings from ...
NBC Washington

FDA Approves Second Drug Descovy to Prevent HIV Infection

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the second drug to help prevent HIV infections on Thursday. Descovy is a PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis drug, which means the drug is taken daily to ...
Fierce Biotech

Merck's HIV combo matches Gilead's Biktarvy in latest phase 3 test for islatravir

Merck & Co. has reported another phase 3 win for islatravir in HIV, advancing its efforts to establish the near-approval ...
NPR

FDA approves HIV medication Lenacapavir, but it's costly

A newly approved HIV medication provides near-total protection against infection with just two injections a year. It's called Lenacapavir. But the high price of the drug could limit its reach. A newly ...
Yahoo

FDA approves HIV drug based on University of Utah biochemist’s findings

University of Utah biochemist Wesley Sundquist achieved yet another milestone last week when the Food and Drug Administration approved an antiviral drug for HIV prevention based on his findings.
HealthLeaders Media

HIV prevention drug hailed as a 'breakthrough' gets FDA OK

A drug with the potential to drastically curb the HIV epidemic just cleared its first regulatory hurdle. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved lenacapavir for the prevention of HIV.
NBC 10 Philadelphia

FDA approves powerful HIV drug that nearly eliminated spread in clinical trials

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication, Gilead Sciences reported Wednesday. In clinical trials, the drug nearly eliminated HIV’s spread among ...
BioSpace

Gilead Looks To Simplify HIV Treatment By Combining Two Leading Drugs in One Pill

Gilead’s investigational drug combo bic/len could help lower the pill burden in patients with virologically suppressed HIV ...
WTVD

'It's monumental': FDA approves first injectable HIV prevention treatment

FAYETTEVILE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fayetteville native John Rowell calls the FDA's approval of the first injectable treatment for HIV pre-exposure prevention, PrEP, "monumental." The FDA said the injectable ...

Eswatini is the first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shot

Eswatini has become the first African country to receive lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection that global ...
ABC News

Truvada Gets FDA Nod for HIV Prevention

Most doctors agree Truvada is a boon in AIDS prevention; others express concern. July 16, 2012— -- The Food and Drug Adminstration today announced the approval of the first drug for use in people ...