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FDA Statement on Gilead (GILD) Stribild Approval

August 27, 2012 5:06 PM EDT

Below is the FDA press release for approval of Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) quad pill Stribild for HIV:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), a new once-a-day combination pill to treat HIV-1 infection in adults who have never been treated for HIV infection.

Stribild contains two previously approved HIV drugs plus two new drugs, elvitegravir and cobicistat. Elvitegravir is an HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitor, a drug that interferes with one of the enzymes that HIV needs to multiply. Cobicistat, a... More

Gilead Sciences (GILD) granted FDA approval for Quad pill, Stribild

August 27, 2012 5:02 PM EDT

Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) granted FDA approval for Quad pill, Stribild, for HIV.... More