An experimental HIV pill from Gilead Sciences suppressed the virus in newly diagnosed patients at a rate statistically equivalent to that of a similar, rival drug from GlaxoSmithKline, according to results from a late-stage clinical trial presented Monday.
The positive data supporting Gilead’s new HIV pill, a second-generation integrase inhibitor called bictegravir, are vitally important to the Foster City, Calif.-based biotech company. Sales of Gilead’s hepatitis C drugs are falling and its oncology pipeline has largely disappointed, so the company is once again reliant on its HIV business for the majority of its profits.
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