Profile Of Viiv’s Unboosted Dolutegravir Emerges With First Phase III Results
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
Viiv Healthcare/Shionogi’s once-daily, unboosted integrase inhibitor dolutegravir is efficacious and well-tolerated in the first of four Phase III HIV trials to report, a study of treatment-naïve patients. Drug poses a competitive threat to Merck’s blockbuster Isentress and Gilead’s elvitegravir, part of the four-in-one “Quad” pill.
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