Gilead's Odefsey gains EU approval

23 June 2016

US biotech giant Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) has received European Commission marketing authorization for the once-daily single tablet regimen (STR) Odefsey (emtricitabine 200mg/rilpivirine 25mg/tenofovir alafenamide 25mg or R/F/TAF) for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in certain patients.

Odefsey combines Gilead's emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide (marketed as Descovy) with rilpivirine, and is marketed by Janssen Sciences, a subsidiary of US health care giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). Following the approval of Genvoya in November 2015, Odefsey is Gilead's second STR based on the Descovy backbone to receive marketing authorization in the European Union and is currently the smallest pill of any STR for the treatment of HIV.

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