Gilead HIV Sales Getting Boost From Switches To TAF-Based Combos

Eighty percent of patients who’ve received Genvoya so far are switched over from older Gilead regimens, while 10% have switched from non-Gilead drugs. In terms of cumulative prescriptions, the Genvoya launch is outpacing the launch of predecessor drug Stribild to date.

The future of Gilead Sciences Inc.’s HIV business depends on switching patients over to its newer HIV single-tablet regimens where the older Viread is replaced with the prodrug tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), and not only did it report strong starts in the third quarter, it has new evidence in hand that should help it convert patients from the old to the new.

In an interview with Scrip, Gilead’s VP-HIV Medical Affairs David Piontkowsky noted that at the recent 2016 Glasgow HIV meeting...

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