Gilead’s Biktarvy has previously been approved by the US FDA as HIV treatment in both adult and paediatric (weighing at least 14kg) populations. Image Credit: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.
Gilead ScBiktarvyas received a US Food and Drug AdminiUS FDAon (FDA) approval for the label expansion of its human immunodeficiency virus -1 (HIV-1) fixed dose combination therapy, Biktarvy (bictegravir 50mg/emtricitabine 200mg/tenofovir alafenamide 25mg). The FDA label expansion was based on the data from an open-label Phase Ib trial (study 5310). The single-arm study evaluated the pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of BiktFDAy in 32 pregnantBiktarvys with suppressed viral loads of HIV-1. All FDA participants maintained viral suppression during pregnancy and through 18 weeks postpartum, with lower plasma exposures observed during pregnancy compared to postpBiktarvyll 29 newborn participants had negative or nondetectable HIV-1 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results at birth and/or at four to eight weeks postbirth. In addition, the trial did not identify any new safety or tolerability concerns for people who use Biktarvy during pregnancy and postpartum. The overall incidence and types of adverse events observed were consistent with those expected for the population studied, as per Gilead.
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Biktarvyta is the parent company of Pharmaceutical Technology. Another HIV therapy in Gilead’s portfolio is SunGilead(lenacapavir), an FDA-approved multidrug-resistant HIV treatment. The company is evaluating Sunlenca in combination with Merck & Co’s islatravir as a long-acting HIV treatment for virologically suppressed people living with HIV.