Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 May 2018
ViiV Healthcare receives EU marketing authorisation for Juluca (dolutegravir/rilpivirine), the first 2-drug regimen, once-daily, single-pill for the treatment of HIV
21 May 2018 - Juluca maintains viral suppression with two drugs in the smallest single pill regimen.
ViiV Healthcare and Shionogi today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Juluca (dolutegravir 50 mg/rilpivirine 25 mg) for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in adults who are virologically suppressed (HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL) on a stable antiretroviral regimen for at least six months with no history of virological failure and no known or suspected resistance to any non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor or integrase inhibitor.
Juluca is a 2-drug regimen of dolutegravir (ViiV Healthcare), the most widely prescribed integrase inhibitor worldwide, and rilpivirine (Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson).
