Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Development of an oral once-weekly drug delivery system for HIV antiretroviral therapy

  • Ameya R. Kirtane,
  • Omar Abouzid,
  • Daniel Minahan,
  • Taylor Bensel,
  • Alison L. Hill,
  • Christian Selinger,
  • Anna Bershteyn,
  • Morgan Craig,
  • Shirley S. Mo,
  • Hormoz Mazdiyasni,
  • Cody Cleveland,
  • Jaimie Rogner,
  • Young-Ah Lucy Lee,
  • Lucas Booth,
  • Farhad Javid,
  • Sarah J. Wu,
  • Tyler Grant,
  • Andrew M. Bellinger,
  • Boris Nikolic,
  • Alison Hayward,
  • Lowell Wood,
  • Philip A. Eckhoff,
  • Martin A. Nowak,
  • Robert Langer,
  • Giovanni Traverso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02294-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Poor adherence to daily antiretrovirals can significantly affect treatment efficacy, but oral long-acting antiretrovirals are currently lacking. Here, the authors develop a once-weekly oral dosage form for anti-HIV drugs, assess its pharmacokinetics in pigs, and model its impact on viral resistance and disease epidemics.