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Tablets of Truvada, a tenofovir/emtricitabine combination used for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, commonly known as PrEP, is the use of antiviral drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS by people that do not yet have HIV/AIDS. [1]
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent. Vaccination is the most commonly used form of pre-exposure prophylaxis; other forms of pre-exposure prophylaxis generally involve drug treatment, known as chemoprophylaxis.
Antiretroviral drugs are used to manage HIV/AIDS.Multiple antiretroviral drugs are often combined into a single pill in order to reduce pill burden.. Some of these combinations are complete single-tablet regimens; the others must be combined with additional pills to make a treatment regimen.
There are also more prevention methods available than ever for HIV-negative folks who may be at risk of transmission, including a new PrEP injectable. Read about all this and more in our complete ...
GSK said on Monday a new formulation of its HIV prevention and treatment drug could potentially be administered at least every four months, an improvement from the previous requirement of dosing ...
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Ready, Set, PrEP is a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that provides free access to the HIV prevention medication PrEP for thousands of qualifying individuals. The program is a key component of Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) initiative to expand access to PrEP and reduce new HIV diagnoses in ...
GSK also said that patent protection for its best-selling antiviral ingredient dolutegravir, which is used in HIV drugs and had a combined 1.3 billion pounds in second-quarter sales, would expire ...