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FDA Approves a ‘Game-Changing’ Twice-a-Year HIV Prevention Shot
The new HIV PrEP option could drastically reduce the number of new cases by offering a new alternative to daily pills or every-other-month injections.
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Twice-Yearly HIV-1 PrEP Yeztugo Gets FDA Approval
Yeztugo (lenacapavir) is an HIV-1 capsid inhibitor that is administered every 6 months after an initial dosing regimen.
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FDA Approves New HIV Prevention Shot Given Twice a Year
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new shot to prevent HIV, offering a long-acting alternative to daily ...
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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 twice-yearly injection for HIV prevention
FDA Approves Yeztugo as First Twice-Yearly Injectable HIV Prevention Option in the U.S. Clinical Trials Show Near-Perfect ...
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 ...
Yeztugo® (Lenacapavir) Is Now the First and Only FDA-Approved HIV Prevention Option Offering 6 Months of Protection
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yeztugo® ...
FDA Approves Gilead's 'Game Changing' Twice-Yearly Shot To Prevent HIV Transmission, Critics Slam $28K Price Tag
Gilead's FDA-approved Yeztugo, a twice-yearly injectable HIV PrEP, showed near-perfect trial efficacy but faces backlash over ...
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HIV protection with just two shots a year: FDA approves Gilead drug
A new twice-yearly shot could be a "game changer" in the fight against AIDS, but experts' hopes have dimmed because of the ...
This twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV could stop transmission — if people can get it
The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that ...
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 ...
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Yeztugo® (Lenacapavir) Is Now the First and Only FDA-Approved HIV Prevention Option Offering 6 Months of Protection
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yeztugo® (lenacapavir)—the company’s injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor—as ...