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China HIV drug wins foreign OK

China鈥檚 first domestically developed drug for the treatment of HIV infection has been approved by the health authority of Ecuador to access the country鈥檚 market, according to pharmaceutical producer Frontier Biotech.

Aikening, or albuvirtide for injection, was approved by China Food and Drug Administration in 2018. It can be used with other antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV patients, according to Frontier Biotech, which is based in the east Chinese city of Nanjing.

The access to Ecuador is the drug鈥檚 first overseas market. The global anti-HIV drug market was US$22.9 billion in 2013 and is expected to hit US$46.7 billion by 2023.


 

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