In PrEP: Long-acting antivirals for HIV prevention

Two recent publications (Vidal et al., 2021; Xue et al., 2022) report highly potent inhibitors as candidates for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). They provide strong evidence that administration of long-acting capsid or fusion inhibitors as PrEP offers robust protection against simian-human immunodeficiency virus in the rhesus macaque model of HIV infection.