Gilead Hits Mark With Second Long-Acting HIV PrEP Trial

The company stands a strong chance of winning approval for lenacapavir as a twice-yearly injectable drug for preventing HIV infection, though market challenges remain.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. stands a strong chance of winning approval for its twice-yearly injectable HIV drug Sunlenca (lenacapavir) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV with positive results from a second Phase III registrational trial.

The drug maker said 12 September that results from the PURPOSE 2 study, comparing lenacapavir injected twice per year against...