{"title":"Doravirine/Islatravir: First Approval.","authors":"Sheridan M Hoy","doi":"10.1007/s40265-026-02367-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Doravirine/islatravir is an oral two-drug fixed-dose combination of doravirine [a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)] and islatravir [a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor (NRTTI)]. Developed by Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, doravirine/islatravir [IDVYNSO<sup>®</sup> イドビンソ<sup>®</sup> (Japan); IDVYNSO™ (USA); IDVYNSO<sup>®</sup> (Canada)] was first approved on 6 March 2026 in Japan and subsequently approved on 21 April 2026 in the USA and 3 June 2026 in Canada for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults who are virologically suppressed (HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mL). Clinical development is underway in several other countries worldwide. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of doravirine/islatravir leading to these first approvals.</p>","PeriodicalId":11482,"journal":{"name":"Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"1941-1952"},"PeriodicalIF":14.7000,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Drugs","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40265-026-02367-1","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/9/12 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Doravirine/islatravir is an oral two-drug fixed-dose combination of doravirine [a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)] and islatravir [a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor (NRTTI)]. Developed by Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, doravirine/islatravir [IDVYNSO® イドビンソ® (Japan); IDVYNSO™ (USA); IDVYNSO® (Canada)] was first approved on 6 March 2026 in Japan and subsequently approved on 21 April 2026 in the USA and 3 June 2026 in Canada for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults who are virologically suppressed (HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/mL). Clinical development is underway in several other countries worldwide. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of doravirine/islatravir leading to these first approvals.
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Drugs is a journal that aims to enhance pharmacotherapy by publishing review and original research articles on key aspects of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. The journal includes:
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