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HIV vaccine (Remune)

 

Classes: Vaccines, Inactivated, Viral; Immunostimulants

Dosing and uses of Remune (HIV vaccine)

 

Therapeutic Vaccination for HIV

Pending FDA approval for therapeutic vaccination to elicit immune responses against a wide variety of HIV antigens

Administered every 3 months and used in conjunction with ART or HAART antiviral drugs

 

Pharmacology of Remune (HIV vaccine)

Mechanism of action

Therapeutic vaccine designed to stimulate an immune response against a variety of HIV antigens in patients with HIV

It consists of a suspension of killed HIV-1 virus particles