The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new shot to prevent HIV, offering a long-acting alternative to daily ...

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 ...

Yeztugo (lenacapavir) is an HIV-1 capsid inhibitor that is administered every 6 months after an initial dosing regimen.

The breakthrough double injection won’t be cheap in the US, although scientists argue it could (and should) be.

The approval of lenacapavir, a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), marks significant progress in preventing HIV, making it vital for the treatment to be available and accessible to those most ...

Winnie Byanyima says her organization has lost almost 50% of its funding, a gap that is undermining global efforts to combat ...

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.

Key Takeaways A new HIV shot taken twice a year was nearly 100% effective in trialsGlobal funding cuts could limit access to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration approves Wednesday, June 18, Gilead Sciences lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for ...

A twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir would offer near-complete protection against the virus, clinical date indicate. More pharmaceutical news is about Dupixent, GLP-1 results, and more.

Gilead's FDA-approved Yeztugo, a twice-yearly injectable HIV PrEP, showed near-perfect trial efficacy but faces backlash over ...

FDA Approves Yeztugo as First Twice-Yearly Injectable HIV Prevention Option in the U.S. Clinical Trials Show Near-Perfect ...