The antiretroviral (ARV) drug atazanavir—sometimes included in treatments to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission during pregnancy—may have small but significant effects on infant development, ...

This could really be happening. Just weeks after a baby girl was functionally cured of the HIV virus, early treatment has been found to put HIV into seemingly permanent remission in 14 adults. It’s ...

In a shift in perception, experts are now looking at the power of Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs in preventing new HIV infections, rather than a way of helping those already infected live longer. When ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 24 (Reuters) - Aspen , Africa's biggest generic drug maker, said on Tuesday South Africa's medicines control authority had approved the firm's production of two key anti-retroviral ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010;8(12):1381-1402. The nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) were the first class of ARV drugs. NRTIs act by competitive inhibition of HIV's reverse ...

Summary When potent antiretroviral drugs became available in the mid-1990s, a policy of "hit early, hit hard" guided their use: Experts endorsed treatment for all symptomatic HIV-infected patients and ...

JOHANNESBURG, June 26 (Reuters) - South Africa's Aspen Pharmcare Holdings said on Thursday it had won a significant portion of a tender for anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, sending its shares up more than ...

Babies born to HIV-positive mothers in Kenya face an increased risk of contracting the virus due to a shortage of critical antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. The supply disruption of prophylaxis medication, ...