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In the new EXPrESSIVE clinical trial program, Merck will evaluate MK-8527, a once-monthly, oral PrEP therapy, in populations at high risk of HIV-1 infection, including adolescent girls and women in ...

A monthly pill would add to the growing number of choices for HIV preexposure prophylaxis, which is now seen as the best hope ...

Even with the HIV prevention waters now dominated by Gilead Science’s Yeztugo (lenacapavir), Merck & Co. is not afraid to swim deeper in. | Even with the HIV prevention waters now dominated by Gilead ...

Merck (NYSE:MRK) recently announced the initiation of its Phase 3 EXPrESSIVE clinical trials for MK-8527, a new HIV prevention drug, reflecting its commitment to addressing global health challenges.

Announced at the International AIDS Society (IAS) 2025 conference taking place from 13-17 July in Kigali, Rwanda, MSD has launched two Phase III trials, EXPrESSIVE-10 and EXPrESSIVE-11, which will ...

HIV pharma leaders are in Kigali, Rwanda for IAS 2025, touting their latest advancements in HIV and PrEP development on the ...

New WHO guidelines endorse long-acting injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention, Medicines Patent Pool expands licence for ...

Merck finally gets FDA nod to relaunch HIV trials, ... (NRTTI) mechanism.” A phase 1b study of MK-8527, a novel NRTTI candidate, is due to begin “shortly,” the company said.

Islatravir (MK-8591), Merck’s investigational drug, is being evaluated in multiple early and late-stage clinical trials in combination with other antiretroviral therapies for the treatment of HIV-1.

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the initiation of the EXPrESSIVE ...