Recent news on Epzicom

Médico de Familia Expands Circulation to 100000 in September  -  May 23, 2007
Hispanic PR Wire (press release),The series is being sponsored by Epzicom, an FDA-approved HIV medication manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Counters GlaxoSmithKline Ads That ...  -  May 23, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...fatal side effect of its own drug abacavir, and which is a component of GSK's own HIV treatments 'Epzicom,' and 'Trizivir,'" added AHF's Dr. Farthing.

FDA Announces Important Notice About Combivir and Ziagen  -  Apr 10, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Patients, who have had a hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir and take Ziagen, Trizivir or Epzicom again, experience more severe symptoms within hours that

GlaxoSmithKline: Results Announcement for the First Quarter 2007  -  Apr 25, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...(-27% to £41 million), partially offset by strong sales growth from new products Epzicom/Kivexa (+57% to £75 million) and Lexiva (+15% to £35 million).

FDA Alerts Pharmacists About Mislabeling of HIV Drugs  -  Apr 11, 2007
MedPage Today,...which is contained in Trizivir and Epzicom, as well as in Ziagen tablets, "developed a potentially life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction."

Anti-HBV drug entecavir also active against HIV and promotes ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
Aidsmap,...is a component of the Combivir, Trizivir and Epzicom fixed-dose combination pills, whilst emtricitabine is included in the Truvada and Atripla pills.

Merck & Co., Inc. To Distribute ATRIPLA™ in Developing Countries  -  Feb 16, 2007
WebWire (press release),ATRIPLA should not be coadministered with drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir, Epivir®, Epivir-HBV®, Epzicom™, or Trizivir®.

Merck & Co., Inc. 1 To Distribute ATRIPLA TM in Developing Countries  -  Feb 16, 2007
Business Wire (press release),ATRIPLA should not be coadministered with drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir, Epivir ® , Epivir-HBV ® , Epzicom TM , or Trizivir ® .

The ones HIV left in limbo  -  Jan 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Kaletra (three capsules twice a day; another protease inhibitor); Viread, Epzicom and Zerit (one pill a day each to interfere with the virus' ability to

96-Week Data From Gilead’s Study 934 Comparing Viread ® and ...  -  Dec 15, 2006
Business Wire (press release),...(lamivudine/zidovudine), Epivir ® (lamivudine), Epivir-HBV ® , Epzicom TM (abacavir/lamivudine), or Trizivir ® (abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine).

96-Week Data From Gilead's Study 934 Comparing Viread and Emtriva ...  -  Dec 15, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release),...(lamivudine/zidovudine), Epivir(R) (lamivudine), Epivir-HBV(R), Epzicom(TM)(abacavir/lamivudine), or Trizivir(R) (abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine).

Gilead Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript  Oct 18, 2006
...the ratio of total Truvada, which is both Truvada alone, combined with the Truvada components of Atripla, has grown when compared to Epzicom, from 3.4 to 1 to ... -Seeking Alpha, GlaxoSmithKline: Results Announcement for the Third Quarter 2006  Oct 26, 2006
...million). Conversely, sales of newer products grew strongly with Epzicom/Kivexa up 88% to £63 million and Lexiva up 7% to £31 million. ... -PharmaLive.com (press release), GlaxoSmithKline and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announce Virologic and ...  Oct 12, 2006
...treatment-naive patients with HIV-1. Patients were randomized to receive either Lexiva/r or lopinavir/r twice daily, administered with Epzicom(TM) (abacavir ... -DG News Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences And Merck & Co. Submit ...  Oct 10, 2006
...and lamivudine, ATRIPLA should not be coadministered with drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir(R), Epivir(R), Epivir- HBV(R), Epzicom(TM), or ... -Medical News Today (press release), Source: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company  Oct 8, 2006
...and lamivudine, ATRIPLA should not be coadministered with drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir®, Epivir®, Epivir- HBV®, Epzicom(TM), or Trizivir ... -Yahoo! News (press release) Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences and Merck & Co. Submit ...  Oct 8, 2006
ATRIPLA should not be coadministered with drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir ® , Epivir ® , Epivir-HBV ® , Epzicom ™ , or Trizivir ® . ... -Business Wire (press release), Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Now Include Three GSK HIV ...  Aug 13, 2006
In the guidelines, EPZICOM(TM) (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine) and COMBIVIR(R) (lamivudine and zidovudine) are both recommended nucleoside reverse ... -International News Service

Updated HIV treatment guidelines now include three GSK HIV ...  Aug 14, 2006
In the guidelines, epzicom™ (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine) and combivir® (lamivudine and zidovudine) are both recommended nucleoside reverse ... -WebWire

Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Now Include Three GSK HIV ...  Aug 13, 2006
In the guidelines, EPZICOM(TM) (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine) and COMBIVIR® (lamivudine and zidovudine) are both recommended nucleoside reverse ... -Yahoo! News

Intl AIDS Society-USA recommends 3 GSK HIV treatments for ...  Aug 14, 2006
AFX) - The International AIDS Society-USA said its updated treatment guidelines now include three GlaxoSmithKline HIV medications - Epzicom, Combivir, and ... -Forbes

Head-to-Head Study Comparing LEXIVA(R) (Fosamprenavir Calcium) To ...  Aug 18, 2006
Patients were randomized to receive either LEXIVA/r or lopinavir/r twice daily, administered with Epzicom(TM) (abacavir/lamivudine) once daily, with 434 ... -Medical News Today

Van klinische proef van Gilead op 16de internationale AIDS ...  Aug 14, 2006
...and lamivudine, ATRIPLA should not be coadministered with drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir, Epivir(R), Epivir-HBV(R), Epzicom(TM), or Trizivir(R ... -Netherlands Corporate News (persbericht)

GlaxoSmithKline 2Q Pretax Profit GBP1.9 Million,Upgrades Fiscal ...  Jul 26, 2006
Total sales of GSK's HIV products rose 1% to GBP393 million, with strong growth from new products Epzicom/Kivexa (>100% to GBP58 million) and Lexiva (+23% to ... -Easy Bourse (Communiqués de presse)

Gilead Sciences, Inc. Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript ...  Jul 20, 2006
I can certainly tell you that about 10% of those patients currently go on Epzicom and then there is one or two of the patients around in the single digits. ... -Seeking Alpha

GSK AIDS drug hits NGO hurdle  Jul 17, 2006
...infection. Trizivir (lamivudine/ zidovudine/ abacavir) and Epzicom (lamivudine/abacavir) are a few of GSK’s other AIDS drugs. ... -Daily News & Analysis

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approves ATRIPLA(TM)  Jul 14, 2006
...and lamivudine, ATRIPLA should not be coadministered with drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir, Epivir(R), Epivir-HBV(R), Epzicom(TM), or Trizivir(R ... -Business New Jersey (subscription)

AIDS drugs don't work for all  Feb 4, 2006
...protease inhibitor that interferes with HIV's replication process); Kaletra (three capsules twice a day; another protease inhibitor); Viread, Epzicom and Zerit ... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette,

CytoDyn Selects Quest Clinical Research for Next Trial of HIV/AIDS ...  Feb 16, 2006
...the useful life of the antiretroviral drugs currently used to treat HIV/AIDS, such as Emtriva® and Truvada® manufactured by Gilead, Epzicom® and Lexiva ... - Yahoo! News

AIDS drugs don't work for all  Feb 4, 2006
...protease inhibitor that interferes with HIV's replication process); Kaletra (three capsules twice a day; another protease inhibitor); Viread, Epzicom and Zerit ... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Announce Data Supporting ...  Jan 9, 2006
Truvada should not be used with Emtriva or Viread, or other drugscontaining lamivudine, including Combivir(R), Epivir(R),Epivir-HBV(R), Epzicom(TM) or Trizivir ... - Finanzen.net

Companies Anticipate Filing New Drug Application in Second Quarter ...  Jan 9, 2006
Truvada should not be used with Emtriva or Viread, or other drugs containing lamivudine, including Combivir®, Epivir®, Epivir-HBV®, Epzicom or Trizivir®. ... - Nieuwsbank (persbericht)

Data Comparing Viread(R) and Emtriva(R) to Combivir(R) as Part of ...  Jan 18, 2006
Truvada shouldnot be used with Emtriva or Viread, or other drugs containinglamivudine, including Combivir, Epivir(R), Epivir-HBV(R), Epzicom(TM)or Trizivir(R ... - Finanzen.net

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