Early Results Of Long-Acting Injectable HIV Treatment Study Show Promise Of Simplified Treatment For Patients In Resource-Limited Settings
Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Long-acting injectable HIV treatment shows promise in early study results
Antigone Barton, senior writer and editor of “Science Speaks,” discusses results from a study that “show an injected combination of two antiretroviral medicines given monthly or every two months [is] effective in controlling HIV among people whose virus was already suppressed. … [The study findings] potentially offer the hope of simplified treatment for patients worldwide in resource-limited settings where obstacles to daily treatment remain greatest…” (11/3).
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