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Promising new drug studied for HIV

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 16th, 2007

A new antiretroviral drug to treat HIV has proven extremely effective in a drug trial when combined with an existing treatment, according to an Article published online and in The Lancet.

There is an urgent need for new antiretroviral drugs due to rates of failure in existing combination antiretroviral therapies. Rates of failure after six years are currently 21 per cent for treatment experienced patients and 11 per cent for those new to treatment.

The current study looked at the effectiveness of the new 'protease-inhibitor' darunavir, when used in conjunction with a boosting (low) dose of the existing antiretroviral drug ritonavir.

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