J&J Wins FDA Approval for First New AIDS Drug in Three Years
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Johnson & Johnson won U.S. regulatory approval for its Edurant pill, the first new AIDS treatment in three years.
The medicine from New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J was approved for patients starting their first HIV therapy, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement today. The move clears a hurdle for a planned combination pill with Gilead Science Inc.’s Truvada that may generate more than $1 billion in annual sales, said Courtney Stanton, an analyst at Decision Resources Inc. in Burlington, Massachusetts.