The recommendation comes just weeks after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug for use. Lenacapavir trials were conducted in Uganda and South Africa and demonstrated 100% ...

WHO endorses biannual injectable Lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This long-acting PrEP offers hope for high-risk groups and ...

The WHO has approved the use of a new drug to prevent HIV. The drug is called Lenacapavir, and what makes it unique is that ...

PEPFAR was launched in 2003 to stop the spread of HIV in Africa. Now, although some funding remains for the program, many of ...

Thousands of adults age 50-plus are diagnosed with HIV every year, but an expanding menu of medications can help prevent ...

Researchers found that lenacapavir reduced almost 100% reduction new HIV infections among participants who received it as a ...

Lenacapavir, new twice-yearly HIV injection, raises hope for pill-weary patients. Discordant couples, sex workers hail ‘game ...

The World Health Organization has suggested global release of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable medication, as a powerful HIV infection-fighting medication. The historic suggestion was made ...

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A landmark breakthrough in HIV prevention — a scientific feat decades in the making — received final approval from the Food ...

The FDA approval of lenacapavir as a form of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a major step for HIV prevention, but its ...