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Council OKs Public-Knowledge Application for Truvada Use as PrEP for HIV
A health ministry council on November 29 agreed that an application based on information in the public domain would be appropriate for Gilead Sciences’ HIV-1 treatment Truvada (emtricitabine + tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) to add a prophylactic indication. The Council on…
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