HIV infection

Aug 01, 2025

The field of gene regulation and molecular medicine has witnessed a revolutionary advancement with the development of small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics. Also known as short interfering RNA, siRNA is a class of double-stranded RNA molecules that plays a pivotal role in RNA interference (RNAi)—a cellular mec...

Jun 30, 2025

Gilead Sciences has received a highly anticipated approval from the FDA for its long-acting HIV prevention injection, YEZTUGO (lenacapavir), marking a significant advancement in HIV prevention. On June 18, 2025, the FDA approved YEZTUGO, an injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrE...

Dec 27, 2022

FDA Approves Gilead Sciences’ Sunlenca Sunlenca, a Gilead Sciences therapy for people with multidrug-resistant (MDR) HIV infection that only needs to be taken twice a year, has received FDA approval for the second time of asking. Sunlenca, which is based on the HIV capsid inhibitor lenacapavir, is intended to be...

Aug 23, 2022

EU Regulator Starts its Review of Cidara Therapeutics’ Candidiasis Therapy Rezafungin The EU regulator has begun its review of Cidara Therapeutics’ once-weekly antifungal rezafungin, with a decision expected next year as a new option for serious, invasive candida infections. The application is based on the ReSTO...

Aug 18, 2022

CereVasc Announces FDA Approval of Second IDE Study of the eShunt® System On August 09, 2022, CereVasc, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage medical device company developing novel, minimally invasive treatments for neurological diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

Nov 19, 2021

Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is a species of Lentivirus (genus of retrovirus) that attacks the body’s immune system and obstructs the body’s ability to fight outer infections. The virus can be transmitted when contacted with infected blood, semen or vaginal fluids. HIV attacks the immune cells of the body ma...

Mar 16, 2021

Merck, Gilead  to co-develop combined HIV treatments Merck and Gilead have announced a collaboration to investigate Gilead’s investigational capsid inhibitor, lenacapavir, and Merck’s investigational nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, islatravir, into a two-drug regimen.  Both...

Nov 10, 2020

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine heralded as the showstopper with over 90% effectiveness  Based on the interim data from the Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trial results, the pharma titan, Pfizer, announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective in preventing coronavirus infection. Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey...

Jul 14, 2020

Merck Collaborates with Dewpoint Therapeutics to Cure HIV with Condensates   Merck has forged a collaboration with Boston-based Dewpoint Therapeutics to treat HIV using Dewpoint’s proprietary platform for condensate-based drug discovery.Under the terms of the agreement, Dewpoint is eligible for receiving ...

Jan 20, 2020

HIV infection has become a global health burden, has claimed over 32 million lives so far since the very first case of AIDS was reported in 1981. According to a report put forward by the WHO, HIV prevalence was reported to be around 37.9million by the end of 2018.  However, HIV has grown to pandemic proport...