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Switching to the once-a-day, fixed-dose pill that contains bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir (BIC/FTC/TAF) appears to be safe and effective in older HIV patients and in people living with HIV (PLHIV) with pretreatment or treatment-acquired resistance, in addition to yielding metabolic benefits, according to studies presented at HIV Glasgow 2022.

Between 2015 and 2020, nearly a third of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Asia-Pacific countries still show a detectable viral load, according to a study presented at the HIV Glasgow 2022 Congress.

The addition of vebicorvir to entecavir in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection provides further antiviral activity, with a positive safety and tolerability profile, results of a phase II trial have shown.

Adding nivolumab to paclitaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting boosted progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with resectable stage IIIA–B non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to results of the phase II NADIM II trial from Spain.

Treatment with extended-release nifedipine helps reduce intrapartum acute hypertensive therapy among pre-eclampsia patients with severe features, as reported in a study.

Patients with concomitant chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) who are undergoing mineralocorticoid receptor blockade with finerenone are better protected against pneumonia and COVID-19, according to a secondary analysis of data from the FIDELITY trials.

Continued treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors after 24 weeks of pregnancy appears safe and is associated with lower chances of maternal inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) relapse, without increasing adverse neonatal outcomes, new research suggests.