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How are Long-Acting Therapeutic Options Optimising HIV Treatment?

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 The Long-acting Debate: Are We Equipped to End the Epidemic?

The Long-acting Discussion: Linking Evidence, Clinical Cases and Care

In two symposia at the 20th European AIDS Conference (EACS) 2025, held between 15th18th October in Paris, France, leading HIV experts Karine Lacombe, Christoph Spinner, Jonathan Schapiro, Chloe Orkin, and Monica Gandhi discussed how long-acting therapies such as cabotegravir + rilpivirine long-acting (CAB + RPV LA) may transform HIV treatment and prevention. In case you missed these symposia, these videos summarise the key takeaways to help you broaden your understanding of long-acting therapies in HIV care.

Topics covered:

  • What can be done to end the epidemic? Understand the challenges we face and learn what tools are available to overcome them. 
  • Challenging case studies: Explore the unmet needs of patients living with HIV and discover how long-acting injectables (LAI) can support their care. 

Speakers:

Karine Lacombe1

Christoph Spinner2

Jonathan Schapiro3

Chloe Orkin4,5

Monica Gandhi6

1. Sorbonne Université, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, France
2. Technical University of Munich (TUM) Hospital, Germany
3. Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
4. Queen Mary University of London, UK
5. Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
6. University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA
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NX-GBL-HVX-WCNT-250116 | November 2025

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