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June 16th, 2010
Another HIV Drug Development Program Bows Out
Last month, Avexa announced that they will not be going forward with their development of the investigational NRTI apricitabine. Now Myriad says its program to develop bevirimat is closing as well. The problems with these drugs — twice daily dosing with apricitabine, formulation and mixed responses with bevirimat — are not the real story here, since arguably we […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Contributing Editor
NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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