The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a twice-a-year injectable drug to be used for HIV ...

Yeztugo (lenacapavir) is an HIV-1 capsid inhibitor that is administered every 6 months after an initial dosing regimen.

HIV and global health activists say the deployment of Gilead’s twice-a-year HIV prevention shot is the world’s best chance to ...

The recent FDA approval of lenacapavir is encouraging in its promise of long-term HIV prevention but might not be available for the vast majority of people in the US.

The breakthrough double injection won’t be cheap in the US, although scientists argue it could (and should) be.

The approval of lenacapavir, a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), marks significant progress in preventing HIV, making it vital for the treatment to be available and accessible to those most ...

Winnie Byanyima says her organization has lost almost 50% of its funding, a gap that is undermining global efforts to combat ...

A drug with the potential to drastically curb the HIV epidemic just cleared its first regulatory hurdle. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved lenacapavir for the prevention of HIV.

Key Takeaways A new HIV shot taken twice a year was nearly 100% effective in trialsGlobal funding cuts could limit access to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration approves Wednesday, June 18, Gilead Sciences lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for ...

A twice-yearly injection of lenacapavir would offer near-complete protection against the virus, clinical date indicate. More pharmaceutical news is about Dupixent, GLP-1 results, and more.

Gilead's FDA-approved Yeztugo, a twice-yearly injectable HIV PrEP, showed near-perfect trial efficacy but faces backlash over ...