Friday, May 11, 2012

Breakthrough in HIV/AIDS Prevention: FDA endorses Gilead's Truvada

SILVER SPRING, Md. (Fri, May 11) – There’s certainly very good news for the humanity as prevention drug has been emerged for one of the most deadly disease, HIV or AIDS – a monster eating thousands of lives every year around the globe.   

Breakthrough in HIV/AIDS Prevention: FDA endorses Gilead's Truvada
According to details; the advisory team of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has endorsed on Thursday the first drug, named as Truvada from Gilead SCiences, shown to prevent HIV infection – the virus responsible of causing AIDS. Although FDA is not bound to follow the advisory team’s decision, but in normal circumstances it does. FDA’s final decision is expected in the mid of next month. 

The FDA advisory team recommended approval of the daily pill Truvada for healthy people who are at high risk of contracting HIV, including gay and bisexual men and heterosexual couples with one HIV-positive partner. 

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