The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for preventing HIV infection in adults and adolescents at high risk of ...

The United States Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has approved a new long-acting injectable drug, Lenacapavir, for the ...

The approval of Lenacapavir – a twice-yearly antiviral HIV-preventing medication marketed under the brand name Yeztugo – by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been welcomed by the global ...

The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that ...

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

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

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 ...

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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.

FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new shot to prevent HIV infection has just been approved — and it only needs to be ...

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