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Truvada pill urged for AIDS prevention after promising studies
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationweighs approval of a radical new method of AIDS prevention — a prescription pill taken once a day — advocates say the results of experimental trials in sub-Saharan Africa argue strongly for the drug's...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Placebo, Botswana, Politics, Africa
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FDA approves drug to prevent HIV transmission
Charles.Bassett@cw33.comTruvada has been on the market to treat HIV positive patients since 2004. But now, the Food and Drug Administration has given the drug the green light for people who are not HIV positive to use. "I think it's great news because we have for the first time...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, HIV, AIDS, Viral Diseases and Infections, Food and Drug Administration
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FDA Approves First Ever HIV Prevention Drug
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Adults who do not have HIV but are at risk of getting the disease will now be able to take a drug to reduce their chance of getting infected. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drug for this use on Monday....Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences Inc., AIDS, Viral Diseases and Infections
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New HIV prevention drug may not be for everyone
Sexual promiscuity fueled by alcohol and drug use led one 47-year-old Towson man to contract HIV.
But when he heard about government approval of the drug Truvada to lower people's risk of getting the disease, he wasn't completely sold on it as a...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, University of Maryland, College Park, Epidemics and Plagues, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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FDA approves FIRST drug for the PREVENTION of sexually acquired HIV
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationannounced it had approved the drug combination of 300 mg tenofovir and 200 mg emtricitabine (TDF/FTC; brand name Truvada) for daily use by uninfected adults to help prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV. ...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, HIV Treatment, Health Organizations, Diseases and Illnesses
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FDA approves drug to prevent HIV infection
The federal government has approved for the first time a drug that can prevent an HIV infection, a significant development for Baltimore where transmission rates for the virus remain high and growing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences Inc., Johns Hopkins Hospital, AIDS, Viral Diseases and Infections
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2 Men with HIV cured after bone marrow transplant
KIAHIt's been a year for the fight against AIDS and HIV. First the FDA approved Truvada and now an even bigger discovery. A pair of men living with HIV are now free from the virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant. This is the closest doctors have ever...Tags: HIV, Bone Marrow, AIDS, Viral Diseases and Infections
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FDA favors first drug Truvada for HIV prevention
WASHINGTON (AP)— Federal drug regulators are affirming that a landmark study showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill already on the market can also help people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in the first place. The Food and Drug...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, HIV, Health, Viral Diseases and Infections, AIDS
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News briefs for Friday, May 11
Biden pushes Obama to declare gay marriage support, then offers his apologies WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, Mr. President. After nearly single-handedly pushing gay marriage to the forefront of the presidential campaign and inadvertently pressuring...
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