The recommendation comes just weeks after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug for use. Lenacapavir trials were conducted in Uganda and South Africa and demonstrated 100% ...

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Gilead Sciences has received US FDA approval for Yeztugo, its bi-annual HIV prevention injection, which has shown 96 per cent effectiveness in trials. Here's how it works, and what it costs.

The United States has given its approval to the world’s first twice-a-year injection for HIV prevention, marking a significant step towards a global rollout that could safeguard millions.

Even though the trial has concluded, Haddock said, he plans to continue receiving lenacapavir injections twice a year, and he hopes the FDA approval will help raise awareness of HIV prevention tools.

A drug currently used to treat certain HIV infections has also, on Wednesday, received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to be used to prevent HIV.

Gilead Sciences, maker of the drug, announced that a twice-a-year injection of lenacapavir has been approved in the United States for HIV prevention under the brand name Yeztugo, and seen here in ...

But a twice-yearly shot of lenacapavir has now become another option in the prevention toolbox – making it the first and only such shot for HIV prevention.