WHO warns of growing resistance to GSK HIV drug
Written By : Ruchika Sharma
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2024-03-06 07:00 GMT | Update On 2024-03-20 10:50 GMT
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said resistance to GSK's HIV drug dolutegravir has exceeded levels observed during its trials, citing observational and survey data received from a few countries.
Resistance ranged from 3.9% to 8.6% and reached 19.6% among people who have received and transitioned to a dolutegravir-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen to combat high HIV viral loads.
HIV medicines reduce the amount of the virus in the body to a very low level and helps prevent illness.
"The resistance analysis focuses on subgroups whose virus was not suppressed and the data does not indicate that resistance was prevalent in the overall population", a GSK spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The global health agency did not disclose the number of countries from where the data was reported, but said only a few countries have reported survey data to WHO, to date.
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Original news source: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-says-resistance-gsks-hiv-drug-is-growing-2024-03-05/
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