Truvada in pill form was the first prescriptive PrEP to hit the market, followed by Descovy. The injectable PrEP Apretude was approved in 2021. HIV+ Hepatitis Policy Institute’s Schmid said the ...
US drugmakers Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) and Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) have announced new results from a Phase II clinical study evaluating the investigational combination of islatravir, an ...
The drug offers an alternative to daily pills such as Gilead’s Truvada and its follow-on Descovy. In the Trio Health cohort being presented at IDWeek 2024, there were zero HIV diagnoses among ...
The results demonstrated the superiority of twice-yearly lenacapavir over bHIV with 96% relative risk reduction compared with nine incident cases among 1,086 individuals in the Truvada group.
The trial pitted PrEP lenacapavir against standard-of-care once-daily Truvada (emtricitabine + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). New safety data from the trial indicated that lenacapavir was ...
Gilead’s HIV blockbuster Truvada looks set to face generic competition in the US next year, a year earlier than expected, putting the bulk of the product’s $3 billion annual sales at risk.