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Gilead Sciences (GILD) Receives EC Marketing Approval for Truvada in HIV-1 Risk Reduction

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European Commission Grants Marketing Authorization for Gilead’s Once-Daily Truvada® For Reducing the Risk of Sexually Acquired HIV-1

August 22, 2016 11:49 AM EDT

Truvada is the First Antiretroviral Medicine to be Licensed in Europe for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, in Combination with Safer-Sex Practices, to Reduce the Risk of Sexually Acquired HIV-1 in Adults at High Risk

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for once-daily Truvada® (emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir disoproxil 245 mg; FTC/TDF) in combination with safer-sex practices to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection among uninfected adults at high risk, a strategy known as pre-exposure... More