FDA Approved Combination Pill for HIV Treatment
On August 27, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced the approval of Stribild, a drug intended to treat the HIV-1 infection in adult individuals who have not previously received treatment for the infection. Manufactured by Gilead Sciences, Stribild is a combination pill containing four separate drugs, two previously approved for the treatment of HIV (elvitegravir and cobicistat) and two new drugs (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). The FDA approved pill is a significant step in the treatment of HIV in that it illustrates the evolution and simplification of treatment options for the infection, which was formerly treated…