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darunavir (Prezista®)

 

Status: Medicine does not meet criteria for AWMSG assessment

Excluded from appraisal by AWMSG as meets exclusion criteria 4. See AWMSG criteria for appraising a medicine (PDF, 430Kb) for information.

Medicine details

Medicine name darunavir (Prezista®)
Formulation 800 mg film-coated tablet
Reference number 1795
Indication

In combination with other antiretroviral medicinal products for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection in antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve adults and in ART-experienced adult HIV-1 patients with no darunavir resistance associated mutations (DRV-RAMs) and who have plasma HIV-1 RNA < 100,000 copies/ml and CD4+ cell count ≥ 100 cells x 106/l. In deciding to initiate treatment with Prezista in such ART-experienced adults genotypic testing should guide the use of Prezista.

Company Janssen-Cilag Ltd
BNF chapter Infections
Assessment type N/A
Status Medicine does not meet criteria for AWMSG assessment
Date of issue 21/12/2012
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