Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006

Atripla

Twenty five years after the first AIDS cases were reported in the U.S., and 19 years after the first AIDS drug was approved, patients finally have their first single-pill, once-a-day treatment against HIV thanks to Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences. Combining three potent anti-HIV drugs — efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir — Atripla is a welcome respite for the hundreds of thousands of HIV-positive patients who have become accustomed to taking dozens of pills and injections a day.