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New Long Acting Oral HIV Regimen Meets Primary Endpoints In Phase 3 Trials
The combination of islatravir and lenacapavir targets multiple stages of HIV-1 replication, potentially offering people with HIV who are virologically suppressed a novel, long-acting oral single-tablet regimen.
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Delhi Man Critical After AI Advice: Risks Of HIV Drug Misuse Explained
A Delhi man was left critically ill after taking HIV preventive medication on an AI chatbot's advice without medical supervision. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is proven for HIV prevention when properly prescribed, but dangerous when AI gives it.
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HIV-Prevention Drug To Be Available For Rs 3,500 A Year From 2027
Generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable HIV-prevention drug should be available for $40 or Rs 3,548 a year in more than 100 countries from 2027, Unitaid and the Gates Foundation said Wednesday.
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Why We Still Need A Cure For HIV Despite Powerful Treatments
Over the past three decades there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV.
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Lenacapavir: The 'Breakthrough Of The Year' Drug For HIV Care
A significant breakthrough in treating the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) came recently with the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approving lenacapavir, a new prototype medication.
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WHO Testing Interim Data From COVID-19 Trial On HIV Drugs
The World Health Organization is looking at interim data from its large multi-country trial of the combination of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir to treat COVID-19 patients, the UN agency's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday.
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In Russia, A Black Market For HIV Drug For COVID-19 Treatment
A black market has developed in Russia for an antiviral HIV drug explored as a possible treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to sellers, HIV activists and the head of the drug's main Russian producer.
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Surprising Monkey Study Could Lead To 'Functional' HIV Cure
But when a drug already taken by thousands of people for intestinal conditions appeared to control the monkey version of HIV, it got the attention of the director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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UK Court Says State Health System Can Fund Preventative HIV Drug
A high court judge ruled on Tuesday that an HIV pill to prevent infection can be funded by the state health service in England, in a victory for AIDS campaigners who have been calling for its widespread use.
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Enzyme May Cut Heart Disease Risk Caused By HIV Drug
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is likely to lower the risk of heart related diseases caused by antiviral medicines used for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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HIV Drug May Affect Foetal Development: Study
An anti-retroviral drug used to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child may have small but significant effects on infant development, a new study has claimed.
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'Make In India' Push Fuels Price Rise Fear For 74 Vital Medicines
At least 74 drugs -- including life-saving ones used to treat cancer and HIV and haemophilia -- will see a sharp rise in prices as the government has withdrawn customs duty exemption on their imports in a move, some say, that's meant to boost the Make in India programme.
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US Regulator Approves Gilead Sciences' HIV Drug Cocktail
Gilead Sciences Inc said the US Food and Drug Administration had approved its HIV drug cocktail, Genvoya, to treat patients aged 12 and above.
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Life-Saving Pill That Had Its Price Hiked To $750 Now Has A $1 Competitor
Turing Pharmaceuticals chief executive Martin Shkreli found himself in the middle of a media firestorm last month as he adamantly defended his company's 4,000 percent drug price hike as "altruistic."
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Indian-American doctor guilty of falsely prescribing HIV drugs
An Indian-American physician here has been found guilty of $ 700,000 Medicaid fraud in which he prescribed HIV medications to patients who did not have it. Suresh Hemrajani, 58, an internal medicine physician, was convicted by a jury on charges of grand larceny and 11 counts of falsifying business records, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance sa...
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New Long Acting Oral HIV Regimen Meets Primary Endpoints In Phase 3 Trials
The combination of islatravir and lenacapavir targets multiple stages of HIV-1 replication, potentially offering people with HIV who are virologically suppressed a novel, long-acting oral single-tablet regimen.
-
Delhi Man Critical After AI Advice: Risks Of HIV Drug Misuse Explained
A Delhi man was left critically ill after taking HIV preventive medication on an AI chatbot's advice without medical supervision. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is proven for HIV prevention when properly prescribed, but dangerous when AI gives it.
-
HIV-Prevention Drug To Be Available For Rs 3,500 A Year From 2027
Generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable HIV-prevention drug should be available for $40 or Rs 3,548 a year in more than 100 countries from 2027, Unitaid and the Gates Foundation said Wednesday.
-
Why We Still Need A Cure For HIV Despite Powerful Treatments
Over the past three decades there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV.
-
Lenacapavir: The 'Breakthrough Of The Year' Drug For HIV Care
A significant breakthrough in treating the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) came recently with the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approving lenacapavir, a new prototype medication.
-
WHO Testing Interim Data From COVID-19 Trial On HIV Drugs
The World Health Organization is looking at interim data from its large multi-country trial of the combination of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir to treat COVID-19 patients, the UN agency's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday.
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In Russia, A Black Market For HIV Drug For COVID-19 Treatment
A black market has developed in Russia for an antiviral HIV drug explored as a possible treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to sellers, HIV activists and the head of the drug's main Russian producer.
-
Surprising Monkey Study Could Lead To 'Functional' HIV Cure
But when a drug already taken by thousands of people for intestinal conditions appeared to control the monkey version of HIV, it got the attention of the director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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UK Court Says State Health System Can Fund Preventative HIV Drug
A high court judge ruled on Tuesday that an HIV pill to prevent infection can be funded by the state health service in England, in a victory for AIDS campaigners who have been calling for its widespread use.
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Enzyme May Cut Heart Disease Risk Caused By HIV Drug
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is likely to lower the risk of heart related diseases caused by antiviral medicines used for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
-
HIV Drug May Affect Foetal Development: Study
An anti-retroviral drug used to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child may have small but significant effects on infant development, a new study has claimed.
-
'Make In India' Push Fuels Price Rise Fear For 74 Vital Medicines
At least 74 drugs -- including life-saving ones used to treat cancer and HIV and haemophilia -- will see a sharp rise in prices as the government has withdrawn customs duty exemption on their imports in a move, some say, that's meant to boost the Make in India programme.
-
US Regulator Approves Gilead Sciences' HIV Drug Cocktail
Gilead Sciences Inc said the US Food and Drug Administration had approved its HIV drug cocktail, Genvoya, to treat patients aged 12 and above.
-
Life-Saving Pill That Had Its Price Hiked To $750 Now Has A $1 Competitor
Turing Pharmaceuticals chief executive Martin Shkreli found himself in the middle of a media firestorm last month as he adamantly defended his company's 4,000 percent drug price hike as "altruistic."
-
Indian-American doctor guilty of falsely prescribing HIV drugs
An Indian-American physician here has been found guilty of $ 700,000 Medicaid fraud in which he prescribed HIV medications to patients who did not have it. Suresh Hemrajani, 58, an internal medicine physician, was convicted by a jury on charges of grand larceny and 11 counts of falsifying business records, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance sa...
