Gilead’s Lenacapvir May Offer Twice-Yearly HIV Salvage Therapy
Executive Summary
A first-in-class capsid inhibitor for HIV, lenacapavir has produced strong efficacy data for viral load reduction in treatment-experienced patients. The data measure up well against Viiv’s Rukobia, analyst says.
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