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100% Success Rate: The Annual Shot That Could Revolutionize HIV Prevention

In a groundbreaking clinical trial, the drug lenacapavir achieved a 100% success rate in preventing HIV infections among women and girls. This trial marks the most effective HIV prevention method ever recorded. Lenacapavir, already approved for treating HIV, requires only two injections per year for full protection. Recently, a phase I trial for once-yearly injections of lenacapavir was presented at a conference in San Francisco. These early trials focused on safety in healthy volunteers and showed promising results. The potential of lenacapavir to be administered annually could significantly enhance HIV prevention strategies worldwide.

Source: www.technologyreview.com

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Julia Kwasniewska @J_Kwasniewska · Mar 12
Promising news! New annual injection designed to prevent #HIV has completed an early safety trial. Long-acting ARVs would play a key role in the global HIV response —but only if they become available to everyone who needs them, regardless of ability to pay

Jesse Morse, M.D. @DrJesseMorse · Feb 28
Health insurance companies are VERY good at predicting decline and death. Even though most Americans still continue to not believe, COVID and the COVID vaccine have changed our world indefinitely. The sooner that you come to grips with this, the easier it will be to protect

Dr. Mike @mybarra · Mar 12
A once-yearly injection of an antiviral could be a total game changer in HIV prevention. It’s a step towards more accessible, long-term protection. This could further transform how we approach #HIVPrevention.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation · Mar 13
The annual PrEP dose could lower barriers to access. #LGBTQ

Vinay Prasad MD MPH @VPrasadMDMPH · Feb 14
That’s correct. Annual covid-19 shots have been given to people at ultra low risk of bad outcomes without any randomized data. Even annual flu vaccines are assessed with very limited test-negative case control data. We have described methods to improve this.

BROTHERS TECHNOLOGY INC @BROTHERSTE27892 · Dec 15, 2024
I know a lot you’ll just like and don’t read. However if you’ll was to have read the previous article you would’ve been able to prove to yourself the rate is really about to change, which is why I said for the first