Emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide - Gilead Sciences
Alternative Names: DESCOVY; F/TAF; Tenofovir alafenamide/emtricitabineLatest Information Update: 16 Oct 2025
At a glance
- Originator Gilead Sciences
- Developer Clinton Health Access Initiative; Gilead Sciences; Japan Tobacco; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; PENTA Foundation
- Class Antiretrovirals; Deoxyribonucleosides; Purines; Pyrimidine nucleosides; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
No
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed HIV-1 infections
Most Recent Events
- 09 Mar 2025 Adverse events data from a phase II/III trial in HIV-1 infections presented at the 32nd Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2025 (CROI-2025)
- 11 Dec 2024 Gilead completes phase-II/III clinical trials in HIV-1 infections (Adjunctive treatment, In children, In adolescents, In infants) in US, South Africa and Panama (PO) (NCT02285114)
- 19 Dec 2023 University of Washington and Gilead Sciences completes a Phase-II/III clinical trials in HIV-1 infections (Prevention) in Kenya (PO) (NCT05140954)