The hotly anticipated results are in from a landmark pair of major clinical trials of a long-acting, injectable HIV-prevention drug that only requires dosing every six months.
The pharma giant has already secured approval for the injectable drug in treating highly drug-resistant HIV.
Given the clear statistical superiority of lenacapavir over Truvada, the trial’s blinded phase will now be ended several months early.
When taken as prescribed, Truvada is over 99% effective at preventing HIV; Descovy is comparably effective.
This chorus is sure to get louder now that lenacapavir is officially highly effective at protecting gay and bisexual men and trans people as well.
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