Gilead’s Pill Wins U.S. Panel Backing to Prevent HIV
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Gilead Sciences Inc.’s HIV drug Truvada won the backing of a U.S. advisory panel as the first medicine to keep healthy people from getting the virus through sexual activity.
The panel of doctors, researchers and patients voted that Truvada, currently marketed to treat those infected with HIV, is safe and effective as a form of prevention in high-risk individuals, including gay men whose partners have the disease. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide by June 15 and doesn’t have to follow the panel’s recommendation.