New 96-Week ACTG Study Results Presented at CROI 2014; First Large Study Comparing ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) Regimen to Two Protease Inhibitor Regimens in Previously Untreated Adults with HIV-1

Dateline City: BOSTON BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, said today that in a new 96-week, open-label AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) study designed to compare three different NNRTI-sparing HIV regimens in treatment-naïve patients – one containing Merck’s twice-daily ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) and two containing different once-daily ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors, atazanavir and darunavir -- all three regimens achieved high and equivalent levels of efficacy, as measured by time to virologic failure (V Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Caroline Lappetito, 267-305-7639orSarra Herzog, 201-669-6570orInvestor:Carol Ferguson, 908-423-4465orJustin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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