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ViiV Healthcare

ViiV Healthcare is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand ViiV Healthcare rather than just read about it. In short: ViiV Healthcare ( VEEV) is a British multinational pharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of medicines to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS. Its global headquarters is located in London.

Key takeaways

ViiV Healthcare belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect ViiV Healthcare to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of ViiV Healthcare from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

ViiV Healthcare ( VEEV) is a British multinational pharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of medicines to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS. Its global headquarters is located in London. The company was created as a joint venture by GSK and Pfizer in November 2009, with both companies transferring their HIV assets to the new company. In 2012, Shionogi joined the company. As of December 2023, 76.5% of the company is owned by GSK, 13.5% by Pfizer and 10% by Shionogi. According to The Financial Times, the company's co-ownership structure may change depending on the achievement of certain milestones. ViiV Healthcare's products have a market share of approximately 32% of the global HIV therapy market, making it the second-largest healthcare company in the sector, after Gilead Sciences. ViiV Healthcare's global headquarters are in London in the United Kingdom, and the company has sites in a number of other countries including the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.

Products The company markets 17 products:

Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs): abacavir (brand name Ziagen) lamivudine (brand names Epivir and 3TC) zidovudine (brand name Retrovir and AZT) Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs): delavirdine (brand name Rescriptor, no longer available) Attachment inhibitors fostemsavir (brand name Rukobia) Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs): dolutegravir (brand name Tivicay) cabotegravir (brand names Apretude [as a single agent indicated for PrEP]; and Vocabria/Cabenuva [when co-administered with rilpivirine for HIV treatment – in partnership with Janssen Pharmaceuticals]) Protease inhibitors: fosamprenavir (brand names Lexiva and Telzir) nelfinavir (brand name Viracept) Entry inhibitors: maraviroc (brand names Selzentry and Celsentri) Antiretroviral fixed-dose combinations, including several single-pill regimens: abacavir/lamivudine (brand names Epzicom and Kivexa) abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine (brand name Trizivir) lamivudine/zidovudine (brand name Combivir) abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine (brand name Triumeq) dolutegravir/lamivudine (brand name Dovato) dolutegravir/rilpivirine (brand name Juluca – in partnership with Janssen Pharmaceuticals)

Treatment access programs ViiV Healthcare has stated that it will continue the not-for-profit pricing schemes that Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline had been involved in prior to the setting up of the company. This program covers all low- and middle-income countries, as well as all of Sub-Saharan Africa. The company has also granted voluntary licenses to 14 generic companies to enable the low-cost manufacture and sale of generic versions of the company's products in specific countries and/or regions. In March 2020, ViiV Healthcare announced the initiation of a study in partnership with University of South Carolina's Ryan White Program to determine the effectiveness of ride-sharing services in improving access to care for people living with HIV.

See also Pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom List of pharmaceutical companies

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with ViiV Healthcare

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what ViiV Healthcare claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to ViiV Healthcare before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about ViiV Healthcare ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of ViiV Healthcare

In research: ViiV Healthcare appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses ViiV Healthcare in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: ViiV Healthcare is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics GSK plc, Joint ventures, Life sciences industry, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for ViiV Healthcare outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study ViiV Healthcare in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does ViiV Healthcare matter?

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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