Cipla Gets CDSCO Panel Nod To Manufacture, Market HIV drug

This came after the firm presented the proposal to manufacture and market the FDC Bictegravir 50mg plus Emtricitabine 200mg plus Tenofoviralafenamide 25mg.

Bictegravir is in a class of medications called integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs). Emtricitabine and tenofovir AF are in a class of medications called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs).

Emtricitabine is in a class of medications called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). It works by decreasing the amount of HIV in the blood.

Tenofovir is in a class of medications called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). It works by decreasing the amount of HIV and HBV in the blood.

Bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide are combined to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

At the recent SEC meeting Antimicrobial & Antiviral held 25th April 2023, the expert panel reviewed the proposal to manufacture and market the FDC Bictegravir 50mg plus Emtricitabine 200mg plus Tenofoviralafenamide 25mg.

After detailed deliberation, the committee recommended the grant of permission to manufacture and marketing of FDC of Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, Tenofovir alafenamide subject to the condition that the firm should conduct a Phase IV clinical trial in the country with an adequate number of subjects for which protocol should be submitted to CDSCO within three months from the date of approval of the drug for further review by the committee.