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CHMP recommends Stribild (Gilead Sciences) for the treatment of HIV
Gilead Sciences, Inc. has announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), has adopted a positive opinion on the company's Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for the once-daily, single tablet regimen Stribild for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adult patients who are antiretroviral-na�ve or are infected with HIV-1 without known mutations associated with resistance to any of the three antiretroviral agents in Stribild.
Stribild combines elvitegravir, an integrase inhibitor, and cobicistat, a pharmacoenhancing agent, with Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil (as fumarate).