(Reuters) - A European regulatory panel recommended granting approval to a treatment for HIV infection developed by Janssen-Cilag International, a unit of U.S. drugmaker Johnson & Johnson.
The drug, Symtuza, is a combination of four active substances darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide. (http://bit.ly/2gPiBAD)
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, interferes with the body's ability to fight infections.
More than 35 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses and an estimated 78 million have become infected with HIV, since the disease surfaced 36 years ago.
(Reporting by Rahul B in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
