Cipla launches four in one drug for HIV patients
DIVYA RAJAGOPAL, ET Bureau Aug 14, 2012, 07.10PM IST
MUMBAI: India's second largest drug company
Cipla has launched Qvir, a combination of four
HIV
drugs in one single strip that would be used for a single day's
treatment. The four drug kit contains Tenofovir and Emtricitabine and
Atazanavir and Ritonavir. These drugs will be used for both first and
second line treatment of HIV AIDS.
Cipla said by the end of 2010
close to 34 million people were living with HIV and that same year saw
2.7 million patients getting infected by the disease. "Every year about
5-10% of patients fail their first line treatment due to various reasons
such as missing doses and the virus developing resistance", said Cipla
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