CHMP recommends novel long-acting HIV treatment
The positive opinion means HIV patients could overcome challenges of taking daily oral regimens, says ViiV Healthcare's Chief Medical Officer.
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The positive opinion means HIV patients could overcome challenges of taking daily oral regimens, says ViiV Healthcare's Chief Medical Officer.
The authorised formulations are a tablet and a long-acting injection used for preventing sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection (pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
The first long-acting injectable PrEP option proven superior to daily oral FTC/TDF in reducing HIV acquisition, has been approved in the European Union (EU).
NICE has published draft guidance recommending cabotegravir, the first long-acting injectable treatment for HIV-1 infection in adults.
In this article, European Pharmaceutical Review’s Hannah Balfour explores some of big pharma’s latest developments in HIV treatment, with commentary from ViiV Healthcare’s Head of Research and Development, Kimberly Smith.
ViiV Healthcare is licencing Halozyme’s Enhanze® drug delivery technology to help develop ultra-long acting versions of its long-acting HIV pipeline products.
Extensive analysis of interim data finds patients given cabotegravir injection had a 66 percent lower incidence of HIV acquisition than those taking Truvada pills.
Janssen’s Brian Woodfall discusses the pharmaceutical company’s research process for their monthly injectable HIV treatment and their predictions for the future of the condition.
A new clinical trial will determine if monthly injections of anti-viral drugs are more effective at suppressing the HIV virus than daily pills.