JULY 14, 2025

IAS 2025

New WHO HIV Guidelines Recommend Lenacapavir for PrEP, Rapid HIV Tests

By IDSE News Staff

Lenacapavir (Yeztugo, Gilead) should be one choice available for people to take as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV, according to new guidelines released by WHO during IAS 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda.

Twice-yearly lenacapavir, which was just approved by the FDA in June, should be considered a PrEP option along with other WHO-recommended treatments: daily oral PrEP, injectable cabotegravir (Apretude, ViiV Healthcare) and the dapivirine vaginal ring. (The dapivirine vaginal