HIV preventive drugs first to be approved by DCA under joint Asean evaluation system


PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Drug Control Authority (DCA) has approved for the first time the registration of a HIV preventive medicine product under a joint Asean evaluation system, says the Health Ministry.

The ministry's pharmaceutical services senior director Norhaliza A. Halim said that the approval was in respect of two HIV-1 preventive medications for those in high risk groups.

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