New Anti-HIV Drugs Receive FDA Approval

From Project Inform

October 2003

Three anti-HIV drugs have recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including one in a new class called fusion or entry inhibitor. Each adds something unique to the arsenal of therapies to treat HIV infection. The three include:

Drug Name	Trade Name	Company	Drug Class
T-20, enfuvirtide	Fuzeon	Hoffman La-Roche, Trimeris	entry inhibitor
FTC, emtricitabine	Emtriva	Gilead	nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor
Atazanavir	Reyataz	Bristol-Myers Squibb	protease inhibitor

The following articles highlight information on each of the newly approved drugs and provide a discussion on how they fit into the arsenal of existing drugs.

T-20 (Enfuvirtide)
FTC (Emtricitabine)
Atazanavir (Reyataz)
Three New Drugs: Buying and Access
Bottom Line on the Three New Drugs

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