J&J's 800mg Prezista launched in UK

9 March 2009

US health care major Johnson & Johnson has launched Prezista (darunavir)  plus low-dose ritonavir as a once-daily, 800mg dose for treatment-naive  adult HIV patients as part of combination therapy.

In addition, through its local subsidiary Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, the  company is also launching a new 600mg tablet in the UK for use in  treatment-experienced adult HIV-1 patients.

Darunavir, a protease inhibitor, was developed by Tibotec, a firm based  Cork, Ireland, also responsible for marketing the brand in the UK and  Europe.

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