Gilead (GILD), Merck (MRK) Initiate Phase 2 Study Evaluating an Oral Weekly Combination Regimen of Investigational Lenacapavir and Investigational Islatravir for HIV-1 Treatment in Virologically Suppr

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October 26, 2021 6:45 AM EDT

This Clinical Study is the First from Merck and Gileads Collaboration to Develop Potential Long-Acting HIV Treatment Options

FOSTER CITY, Calif. & KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the start of a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating an investigational once-weekly oral combination treatment regimen of islatravir and lenacapavir in people living with HIV who are virologically suppressed on antiretroviral therapy.

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