ViiV Healthcare's Tivicay approved in Canada for HIV

4 November 2013

ViiV Healthcare, the HIV/AIDS joint venture set up by UK pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK) with US behemoth Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Japan’s Shionogi (TYO: 4507), has received approval in Canada for Tivicay (dolutegravir) 50mg tablets.

The drug is an Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor indicated for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in adults and children 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40kg. Tivicay was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in the summer (The Pharma Letter August 13).

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