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 ...

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 ...

Women need daily doses of the antiviral medication Truvada to prevent HIV infection while men only need two doses per week due to the way the drug accumulates in different body tissues, according to a ...

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, ...

SEATTLE, WA -- For the first time, a study shows that a drug used to treat HIV infection also can help prevent it when taken before and after risky sex by gay men. The results offer hope of a more ...

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly increased the number of people at risk of HIV diagnosis ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a highly effective new HIV-prevention medication, Gilead Sciences reported Wednesday. In clinical trials, the drug nearly eliminated HIV’s spread among ...

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Yeytuo ® (lenacapavir)—the company’s twice ...