Gilead Joins Partners for Delivery of First Shipments of Breakthrough Twice-yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention to Sub-Saharan Africa

FOSTER CITY, Calif. & MBABANE, Eswatini--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced the delivery of first shipments of lenacapavir – Gilead’s twice-yearly injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor – for the prevention of HIV as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to Eswatini and Zambia. The deliveries advance ongoing efforts to accelerate equitable access to long-acting HIV prevention options across sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to approximately two-thirds of all people livin