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Trials of long-acting islatravir for HIV treatment and prevention placed on hold

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Modelling suggests injectable cabotegravir is far more effective than daily oral PrEP for women

Diagram from Dr Sinead Delany-Moretlwe's e-poster presentation.

Twice-a-year injected drug shows promise for first-line HIV treatment

Professor Samir Gupta

Injectable HIV therapy should only be given after a check for innate resistance, French study suggests

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Top 5 stories on injectable HIV treatment and prevention from CROI 2021

Professor Raphael Landovitz presenting findings on injectable PrEP to CROI 2021.

Injectable HIV medications must be practical and affordable, conference hears

Carlos del Rio, Diane Havlir, Charles Flexner, Francois Venter, Hyman Scott, Nittaya Phanuphak (top to bottom, left to right) at CROI 2021.

To be cost-effective, injectable PrEP can only cost about $3000 more than US generic oral PrEP

Slide from Dr Anne Neilan's presentation to CROI 2021. Diagram shows prices of two different forms of PrEP where injectable PrEP is not cost-effective (red); cost-effective (yellow); and cost-saving (green).

HPTN 083: Injectable PrEP can make breakthrough infections hard to detect

Professor Raphael Landovitz presenting to CROI 2021.

Reformulated islatravir implant should provide PrEP for over a year

Slide from Dr Matthews' presentation to CROI 2021. The islatravir implant should last well over a year