Most doctors agree Truvada is a boon in AIDS prevention; others express concern. July 16, 2012— -- The Food and Drug Adminstration today announced the approval of the first drug for use in people ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel is debating whether to make history by recommending approval of the first drug to prevent HIV infection. The advisory committee is expected to vote on ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Food and Drug Administration announced a first-of-its-kind Monday -- it approved a medication to be used for reducing the risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS. The drug ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc has begun marketing its HIV treatment Truvada in a way thousands of consumers already use it – to prevent infection with the virus that causes AIDS. The ...

Generally, Medicare Part B, Part C, and Part D plans are required to cover both generic emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and brand-name Truvada for HIV prevention (PrEP) and treatment. If ...

No new HIV infections have occurred among nearly 1,000 people receiving Truvada for HIV prevention at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, but sexually transmitted infections are climbing, ...

A drug currently used to treat certain HIV infections has also, on Wednesday, received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to be used to prevent HIV. Gilead Sciences, maker of the drug, ...

WASHINGTON -- A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS ...

That experience moved Hurley to seek out PrEP, shorthand for preexposure prophylaxis. The antiretroviral medication greatly ...

Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable antiretroviral, demonstrated 100% effectiveness for preventing HIV acquisition in a large study of young cisgender women in Africa, Gilead Sciences announced ...