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The first-line treatment is generally given to patients as an initial antiretroviral therapy and is the cheapest of the stages of treatments. [1] The first-line antiretroviral drug treatment as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) involves TDF (tenofovir), 3TC (lamivudine) or FTC (emtricitabine), and EFV (efavirenz) or dolutegravir (DTG).
The Philippines has high tuberculosis (TB) incidence, with 131 new cases per 100,000 people in 2005, according to the World Health Organization. HIV infects 0.1 percent of adults with TB. Although HIV-TB co-infection is low, the high incidence of TB indicates that co-infections could complicate treatment and care for both diseases in the future ...
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.
The pharma giant has already secured approval for the injectable drug in treating highly drug-resistant HIV. Lenacapavir’s current list price for use as HIV treatment is $3,450 per month.
The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs as a strategy to control HIV infection. [1] There are several classes of antiretroviral agents that act on different stages of the HIV life-cycle. The use of multiple drugs that act on different viral targets is known as highly active antiretroviral therapy ...
Billionaire entrepreneur, co-host of ABC's Shark Tank, and Dallas Mavericks co-owner Mark Cuban's latest venture is the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. It aims to tackle the high cost and lack ...
HIV Mylan: NNRTI 1998 Elvitegravir: HIV Gilead Sciences Integrase inhibitor 2012 (Fixed-dose combo Stribild) 2014 (single pill) 2015 ; Emtricitabine: HIV Gilead Sciences NRTI 2003 Enfuvirtide: HIV Entry inhibitor 2003 Ensitrelvir: COVID-19: Shionogi: 3C-like protease inhibitor Entecavir: HIV NRTI 2005 Etravirine (Intelence) [8] HIV NNRTI 2008 ...
The Philippines alone will order about 300,000 bottles of efavirenz for 51 million baht. [30] In South Africa, a license has been granted to generics giant Aspen Pharmacare to manufacture, and distribute to sub-Saharan Africa, a cost-effective antiretroviral drug. [35]