Antiviral medications for hepatitis, HIV, and viral infections
Among pregnant women, the antiviral drug cocktail ledipasvir/sofosbuvir resulted in 100% hepatitis C cure rate, revealed study published today in The Lancet Microbe. None of their babies contracted the virus and they…
An inexpensive two-drug regimen of sofosbuvir (Sovaldi, Gilead Sciences) plus daclatasvir (Daklinza, Bristol-Myers Squibb) taken for 14 days significantly reduced time to recovery from COVID-19 and improved survival in people hospitalized with severe disease,…
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved fostemsavir (Rukobia, ViiV Healthcare), a first-in-class attachment inhibitor for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults. Fostemsavir is indicated for use in…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first dispersible tablet formulation of dolutegravir (Tivicay PD, ViiV Healthcare) to treat HIV-1 infection in children at least 4 weeks old and…
First recognized in 1988, World AIDS Day falls on December 1 each year. World AIDS Day is dedicated to spreading awareness of the AIDS pandemic spread by the spread of…
