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FDA Panel EndorsesTruvada to Prevent HIV Infection in Healthy People

May 10, 2012, 4:08 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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From AP: A panel of federal health advisers has endorsed the first drug shown to prevent HIV infection in healthy people, clearing the way for a potentially landmark approval in the 30-year-old effort against the virus that causes AIDS. In … Continue reading »

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Prophylactic HIV Drug Would Be First to Be Taken By At Risk-But-Healthy Population

January 30, 2012, 10:12 am • Posted by KQED News Staff
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By Bernice Yeung, California Watch Foster City drugmaker Gilead recently updated its application with the federal Food and Drug Administration for approval to market its HIV treatment medication Truvada as a HIV prevention pill. If the FDA approves Truvada for … Continue reading »

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