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Oct 20, 2009

Canada Approves Isentress® For Adults Starting HIV Treatment 

Jul 20, 2009

Raltegravir as Effective as Efavirenz at Suppressing HIV Viral Load and Increasing CD4 Cell Counts in Treatment-Naïve Patients Up to 144 Weeks When Used in Combination Therapy

Feb 11, 2009

Raltegravir, in Combination with Other HIV Medicines Shown as Effective as Efavirenz in Suppressing Viral Load and Increasing CD4 Cell Counts in Treatment-Naïve HIV-infected Patients with High Levels of Virus, Across Various Populations, in Investigational Study

Phase III Studies Showed Raltegravir in Combination Therapy Provided Significant Viral Load Reductions through 96 Weeks in Treatment-Experienced Patients with Triple-Class Resistant HIV 

Feb 11, 2009

Data from Raltegravir in Patients Whose HIV is Controlled on a Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based Therapy Presented at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 

-Switching from Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based to Raltegravir-Based Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Significantly Improved Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Non-HDL-Cholesterol at Week 12

-Switching from Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based to Raltegravir-Based Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Did Not Demonstrate Non-Inferior Virologic Efficacy 
Nov 24, 2008 HIV+25 Survey Asks Where Are we in Canada Twenty-Five Years After Discovery of the Virus 

Oct 26, 2008

New Phase III Study in previously untreated HIV patients showed Raltegravir reduced HIV viral load to undetectable levels, comparable to Efavirenz, when taken in combination with other medicines 
Oct 7, 2008 Innovative HIV-AIDS treatment ISENTRESS™ now available to Canadian First Nations 

August 5, 2008

ISENTRESS™ (raltegravir), Merck Frosst's First in Class Integrase Inhibitor, Reduced HIV Viral Load and Increased CD4 Cell Counts. Through 96 Weeks in Treatment-Naïve HIV-Infected Patients 

Nov 30, 2007

Health Canada Approves ISENTRESSTM (raltegravir)
Only drug to inhibit Integrase Enzyme
 
July 24, 2007 Raltegravir in Combination Therapy Demonstrates Potent Antiretroviral Activity in Treatment-Naïve HIV-Positive Patients
March 1, 2007 Results from Two Phase III Studies on Raltegravir, MK-0518,an Oral Investigational Integrase Inhibitor, Presented at the Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

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