Five Things to Know About HIV Treatment in 2015

What therapies are in the pipeline?

What The Future Lies - Here’s what on the horizon for HIV treatment. —BlackHealthMatters.Com (Photo: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

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What The Future Lies - Here’s what on the horizon for HIV treatment. —BlackHealthMatters.Com (Photo: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

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Injectable HIV Meds - Data from studies on long-acting injectable HIV medications for treatment and prevention will be available. The hope is that HIV-positive folks will be required to have only one injection session per month. Even better news: Less frequent injections may be effective in preventing HIV.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Injectable HIV Meds - Data from studies on long-acting injectable HIV medications for treatment and prevention will be available. The hope is that HIV-positive folks will be required to have only one injection session per month. Even better news: Less frequent injections may be effective in preventing HIV.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

PrEP Is Prevention - PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a medication offered to those who are at-risk of getting HIV and works to prevent infection. The pill is recommended for people who have HIV-positive partners, have shared needles during injection drug use or gay or bisexual men who have been diagnosed with a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) in the last six months. It is meant to be used consistently along with other preventative measures, such as condoms. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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PrEP Programs Expand - Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will expand in this country, as cities like Chicago, New York and San Francisco offer patient assistance (along with the one provided by the manufacturer of Truvada). (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

One-Pill Combos - More one-pill, once-a-day combination regimens will receive FDA approval as more pharmaceutical companies collaborate.(Photo: Maurizio Gambarini/EPA/Landov)

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One-Pill Combos - More one-pill, once-a-day combination regimens will receive FDA approval as more pharmaceutical companies collaborate.(Photo: Maurizio Gambarini/EPA/Landov)

More Options for Treatment Resistant Folks - Patients running out of treatment options for resistant HIV will have access to two attachment inhibitors at the same time. Researchers hope these two agents will treat multi-resistant HIV since they provide a different mode of action. (Photo: BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images)

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More Options for Treatment Resistant Folks - Patients running out of treatment options for resistant HIV will have access to two attachment inhibitors at the same time. Researchers hope these two agents will treat multi-resistant HIV since they provide a different mode of action. (Photo: BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images)

A Possible Cure? - HIV cure research will overcome recent setbacks as more effective HIV reservoir-purging compounds and immune-based approaches are studied.(Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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A Possible Cure? - HIV cure research will overcome recent setbacks as more effective HIV reservoir-purging compounds and immune-based approaches are studied.(Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)