Gilead's quad pill for HIV non-inferior to Atripla in Phase II
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Executive Summary
Gilead Sciences' new "quad" pill combination drug for HIV – which combines its investigational integrase inhibitor elvitegravir, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and its new experimental boosting agent GS-9350 – is non-inferior to its three drug standard combination Atripla (efavirenz plus emtricitabine plus tenofovir), show top-line results. The company notes that result for a separate phase II trial of the GS-9350 booster were also positive.