Clinical trials showed 99.9% of participants who received the drug, called Yeztugo​ from company Gilead Sciences, remained ...

A drug currently used to treat certain HIV infections has also, on Wednesday, received approval from the US Food and Drug ...

Clinical trials have shown that six-monthly injections of lenacapavir are almost 100 percent protective against becoming ...

The FDA approved lenacapavir (Yeztugo) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 in at ...

The FDA has approved Yeztugo for PrEP to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 in adults and adolescents weighing at least 35kg.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the preventative use of lenacapavir, made by Gilead Sciences, on Wednesday. Experts ...

The US FDA has approved lenacapvir, sold under the brand name Yeztugo, as the first preventive treatment against HIV. It is a ...

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yeztugo® ...

The FDA approval marks the first approval of a type of pre-exposure prophylaxis that would only require 2 treatments per year ...

Like other PrEP drugs, if enough of the medication is present when a person is exposed to HIV, it can prevent the virus from ...

The approval could slow new infections and move the world closer to eliminating HIV. But huge obstacles remain.

HIV targets the white blood cells and weakens the immune system. This would make the person prone to diseases like ...