Most doctors agree Truvada is a boon in AIDS prevention; others express concern. July 16, 2012— -- The Food and Drug Adminstration today announced the approval of the first drug for use in people ...

In an announcement last Friday, the World Health Organization recommended that all men who have sex with men take antiretroviral medication to prevent the contraction of HIV. In an announcement last ...

Lenacapavir was found to be superior to background HIV incidence and Truvada for HIV prevention. Twice-yearly lenacapavir was found to be superior to daily emtricitabine 200mg and tenofovir disoproxil ...

HealthDay News — The FDA has approved Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Gilead Sciences) to be used in combination with safer sex practices for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) ...

In a late November court decision unsealed Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (CFC) sided with Gilead’s argument that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke certain ...

(Reuters) -Gilead Sciences said on Thursday a late-stage study showed its long-acting injectable drug was more effective in preventing HIV infection in women compared to its existing daily pill ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Food and Drug Administration announced a first-of-its-kind Monday -- it approved a medication to be used for reducing the risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS. The drug ...

Women need daily doses of the antiviral medication Truvada to prevent HIV infection while men only need two doses per week due to the way the drug accumulates in different body tissues, according to a ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to expand an HIV prevention program that’s proven highly effective in reducing the spread of the deadly virus that infects ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — For over a decade there’s been an easy and highly effective way to prevent HIV. Two medications, Truvada and Descovy, often referred to as PrEP, have saved thousands of lives. They ...

A combination drug used to treat and prevent HIV -- Truvada -- may have an additional benefit: lowering the risk of a genital herpes infection, a new study suggests. Researchers found that African ...

In a large clinical trial assessing Apretude, ViiV Healthcare’s recently approved injectable drug, as a form of HIV prevention, seven participants contracted the virus despite receiving their ...