ViiV’s HIV Treatment Dolutegravir Will Get FDA Priority Review

ViiV Healthcare Ltd., a joint venture of GlaxoSmithKline Plc and two other drugmakers, said its experimental HIV medicine dolutegravir will get a speedier review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

A regulatory decision is scheduled for Aug. 17 after Viiv submitted an application on Dec. 17, the London-based company said in a statement today. The FDA gave dolutegravir priority review status, which is granted to drugs that have the potential to offer significant improvement over existing therapies or where no adequate treatment exists, the company said.