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2Brand NameIsentress, fka MK-0518
3Generic Name
4MechanismIntegrase Inhibitor
5IndicationHIV
6Price$9855 per annual cost.
7ApprovalUS: October 2007, Europe: December 2007.
8Clinical Trials
9p2 data showed 64-84% of patients on 518 and background therapy achieved HIV RNA <400copies/mL
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11Phase II dose-ranging study
12MK-0518 + Viread or? Epivir shows 85-95% of patients had viral reduction <50copies/ml vs Sustiva 92% with same agents
13data presented at Toronto 2006 - showed faster reduction than Sustiva
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17p3 BENCHMRK-1 -2