U.S. FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Gilead’s Biktarvy® to Treat People with HIV with Suppressed Viral Loads, Pre-existing Resistance
HIV treatment resistance is permanent and irreversible, which can jeopardize future treatment options for PWH.
- HIV treatment resistance is permanent and irreversible, which can jeopardize future treatment options for PWH.
- The M184V/I resistance mutation has been found to be present in a range (22-63%) of PWH with pre-existing resistance to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) across various HIV subtypes.
- “Clinical data have established Biktarvy as a long-term HIV treatment option for a broad range of PWH.
- There were also zero cases of treatment-emergent resistance to Biktarvy, regardless of known or suspected pre-existing M184V/I resistance, in the final resistance analysis population.