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FDA approves twice-a-year injection for HIV prevention
A drug currently used to treat certain HIV infections has also, on Wednesday, received approval from the US Food and Drug ...
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FDA approves HIV drug based on University of Utah biochemist's findings
Utah biochemist Wesley Sundquist has achieved yet another milestone with the Food and Drug Administration approval of an ...
HIV prevention drug lenacapavir approved by FDA as twice-yearly injection
Clinical trials showed 99.9% of participants who received the drug, called Yeztugo​ from company Gilead Sciences, remained ...
The FDA Just Approved a Long-Lasting Injection to Prevent HIV
Clinical trials have shown that six-monthly injections of lenacapavir are almost 100 percent protective against becoming ...
FDA approves new twice-yearly HIV shot. What to know
The FDA approved Gilead's HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, a twice-a-year injectable medication that clinical trials show ...
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Twice-Yearly HIV-1 PrEP Yeztugo Gets FDA Approval
The FDA has approved Yeztugo for PrEP to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 in adults and adolescents weighing at least 35kg.
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6 things to know about lenacapavir, what experts call a ‘wonder drug’ for preventing HIV
The Food and Drug Administration approved the preventative use of lenacapavir, made by Gilead Sciences, on Wednesday. Experts ...
FDA approves Yeztugo: Gilead's new twice-yearly HIV prevention injection
He affirmed that the new drug "could take the epidemic to the history books," according to Mother Jones.Yeztugo, based on the ...
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FDA Approves PrEP Drug Requiring Only Two Injections Per Year
Like other PrEP drugs, if enough of the medication is present when a person is exposed to HIV, it can prevent the virus from ...
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Revolutionary Drug That's “Closest Thing” To HIV Vaccine Gets FDA Approval
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lenacapavir, an injectable drug that has been shown to act as ...
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FDA approves powerful HIV drug that nearly eliminated spread in clinical trials
Yeztugo (generic name lenacapavir), which is given by health care workers in clinics, is significantly more effective than the existing oral HIV-prevention drugs, experts said, because it appears ...
FDA Approves a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent HIV
The approval could slow new infections and move the world closer to eliminating HIV. But huge obstacles remain.