Quadruple HIV drug Symtuza approved for limited US treatment setting

18 July 2018
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Janssen’s four-in-one HIV-1 therapy Symtuza (cobicistat/darunavir ethanolate/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate), following on from European approval, granted in September 2017.

Symtuza combines Janssen parent company Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE: JNJ) own darunavir, marketed as monotherapy under the name Prezista, with Gilead Sciences’ (Nasdaq: GILD) cobicistat, emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide.

The therapy is the first and only complete, darunavir-based single-tablet regimen for untreated HIV-1 patients.

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