Anti-hiv Drugs

The Union Health Ministry has recommended use of anti-HIV drug combinations Lopinavir and Ritonavir on a case-to-case basis depending upon the severity of the condition of a patient having coronavirus infection.

The Drug Controller General of India has approved the "restricted use" of a combination of drugs used widely for controlling HIV infection in public health emergency for treating those affected by novel coronavirus (nCoV), official sources said on Wednesday.

For the study, researchers enrolled 78 gay and bisexual young men, ages 15 to 17, from six U.S. cities. The participants all tested negative for HIV at the start of the study, but were at high risk for an infection. Read the report here.

French scientists said Wednesday they had found a way to pinpoint elusive white blood cells which provide a hideout for the AIDS virus in people taking anti-HIV drugs.

A new potent anti-HIV drug may effectively prevent vaginal and oral transmission of the deadly virus, scientists have shown in animal models.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has given tentative approval to Aurobindo Pharma's Ritonavir tablets in the strength of 100 mg, FDA said on its website.

Using a novel and quick drug-screening method, researchers have found that anti-HIV drugs may be effective against the deadly Ebola virus that transmits from humans to humans by infectious body fluids.

Despite evidence that taking powerful anti-HIV drugs can help protect uninfected partners from contracting the virus that causes AIDS, the therapy is far from becoming routinely prescribed, scientists said on Monday.

A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the AIDS virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high-risk population.

What serves as one of the biggest threats against people living with HIV AIDS is multinational drug companies, producing lifesaving drugs, pushing for patents so generic companies cannot produce them at much lower prices. However, in a much needed relief to Indian pharmaceutical companies as well as patients, India rejected a patent application fil...

A branch of psychotherapy known as cognitive behavioral stress management might improve the efficacy of anti-HIV drug therapy.

India could have between 20 and 25 million people infected with HIV by 2010, the highest number for a single country. However this figure has been contested by the Indian health minister.

The Union Health Ministry has recommended use of anti-HIV drug combinations Lopinavir and Ritonavir on a case-to-case basis depending upon the severity of the condition of a patient having coronavirus infection.

The Drug Controller General of India has approved the "restricted use" of a combination of drugs used widely for controlling HIV infection in public health emergency for treating those affected by novel coronavirus (nCoV), official sources said on Wednesday.

For the study, researchers enrolled 78 gay and bisexual young men, ages 15 to 17, from six U.S. cities. The participants all tested negative for HIV at the start of the study, but were at high risk for an infection. Read the report here.

French scientists said Wednesday they had found a way to pinpoint elusive white blood cells which provide a hideout for the AIDS virus in people taking anti-HIV drugs.

A new potent anti-HIV drug may effectively prevent vaginal and oral transmission of the deadly virus, scientists have shown in animal models.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has given tentative approval to Aurobindo Pharma's Ritonavir tablets in the strength of 100 mg, FDA said on its website.

Using a novel and quick drug-screening method, researchers have found that anti-HIV drugs may be effective against the deadly Ebola virus that transmits from humans to humans by infectious body fluids.

Despite evidence that taking powerful anti-HIV drugs can help protect uninfected partners from contracting the virus that causes AIDS, the therapy is far from becoming routinely prescribed, scientists said on Monday.

A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the AIDS virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high-risk population.

What serves as one of the biggest threats against people living with HIV AIDS is multinational drug companies, producing lifesaving drugs, pushing for patents so generic companies cannot produce them at much lower prices. However, in a much needed relief to Indian pharmaceutical companies as well as patients, India rejected a patent application fil...

A branch of psychotherapy known as cognitive behavioral stress management might improve the efficacy of anti-HIV drug therapy.

India could have between 20 and 25 million people infected with HIV by 2010, the highest number for a single country. However this figure has been contested by the Indian health minister.