FDA Approves Powerful Twice-Yearly Treatment to Prevent HIV
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a powerful new prevention drug for HIV called Yeztugo that promises to keep most people virus-free with two shots a year.
Made by Gilead Sciences, Yeztugo is the latest product approved in the lucrative market for HIV-prevention drugs, sometimes called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, drugs. In clinical trials, 99.9% of participants receiving the drug didn't acquire HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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