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FDA Approves the First Preventative Drug for HIV
Truvada is is a drug already used to treat HIV, but recently, it has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection. Now the FDA is approving Truvada for preventative use against HIV. This is a huge deal, considering 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with HIV every year.
Manufactured by San Francisco-area biotech firm Gilead Sciences, Truvada was approved after two clinical trials which studied 2500 HIV-negative men who engaged in risky sexual behavior. Through the trial, doctors found that the drug drastically reduced incidence of infection as long as subjects used the drug regularly.
FDA Approves the First Preventative Drug for HIV
Truvada is is a drug already used to treat HIV, but recently, it has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection. Now the FDA is approving Truvada for preventative use against HIV. This is a huge deal, considering 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with HIV every year.
Manufactured by San Francisco-area biotech firm Gilead Sciences, Truvada was approved after two clinical trials which studied 2500 HIV-negative men who engaged in risky sexual behavior. Through the trial, doctors found that the drug drastically reduced incidence of infection as long as subjects used the drug regularly.