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US FDA clears new Johnson & Johnson HIV drug
19 Jan 2008 02:45:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Health-care products maker Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> won U.S. approval to sell a new HIV drug called Intelence for patients with resistance to other therapies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.

The drug, also known as TMC125 or etravirine, is a new member of the family of AIDS-fighting drugs called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. (Reporting by Michael Flaherty; editing by Carol Bishopric)


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