Gilead’s Marketing Of Descovy For HIV Prevention Should Not Suggest Superiority To Truvada

US FDA advisory committee members urge agency to hold a firm line against labeling, promotional or educational materials that suggest Descovy has better efficacy or is safer than Truvada, which will face generic competition in 2020. Panel backs HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis indication for Descovy but recommends excluding cisgender women due to lack of clinical efficacy data.

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Gilead’s positioning of Descovy as a safer option for PrEP faced resistance at an FDA advisory committee review. • Source: Shutterstock

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