Panel recommends approving Truvada to prevent HIV infection - CNN

(CNN)-- A drug already approved for treatment of AIDS might one day be approved for prevention of the deadly disease in individuals at high risk. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Thursday that the agency approve ...

Taking Truvada to Prevent H.I.V. Also Comes With Risks - New York Times

Such a pill has long been a goal of research, something that might help stem a global epidemic that is still causing two million new worldwide cases each year, including 50,000 in the United States. But the panel members worried about how to ...

Truvada for HIV prevention backed by advisory panel, FDA may decide by June - CBS News

(CBS/AP) In a landmark decision, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted to recommend approval of Truvada to prevent HIV infection. The FDA is not required to the follow the panel of experts' advice, though it typically does.

Panel Recommends Approving Truvada To Prevent HIV - San Diego Channel

(CNN) -- A drug already approved for treatment of AIDS might one day be approved for prevention of the deadly disease in individuals at high risk. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Thursday that the agency approve the ...

HIV advocates say Truvada could save lives - CBS News

(AP) CHICAGO -- A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government approval, it remains out of reach and too costly for many who need it. Doctors, patients and advocates say that would change if ...

FDA ADAC recommends approval of Gilead’s Truvada for HIV - News-Medical.Net

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced that the Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to support approval of once-daily oral Truvada ® (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil ...

FDA panel recommendation sets Gilead's Truvada on course to be first HIV preventative - The Business Journal

Gilead Sciences Inc.'s Gilead Sciences Inc. Latest from The Business Journals R&D credits taken, even by a company long gone FDA panel backs Gilead's four drugs-in-one HIV tablet Gilead’s Truvada on course to be first HIV preventative Follow this company ...

Gilead Sciences’ HIV Drugs Clear a Hurdle - Investorplace.com

A U.S. government advisory panel recommended approval of Quad, the company’s experimental four-in-one HIV drug, and the off-label use of Truvada, an existing drug, to prevent HIV infections. The down side? Gilead derives nearly 75% of its ...

US health experts back approval of the HIV drug Truvada for daily use - Jamaica Gleaner

A panel of United States health experts has for the first time backed a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people. The Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee voted 19 to 3 in favour of recommending that US regulators approve the daily tablet, Truvada for ...

FDA Truvada Approval for Sexual HIV Prevention is an Error, States Dr… - Businessweek

"The FDA Decision to approve Truvada* by 19 votes against 3 in the prevention of HIV transmission on May 11 is irresponsible and against Global Public Health Interests," declares Doctor...(PRWeb May 17, 2012)Read the full story at http://w...