The Food and Drug Administration awarded tentative approval to Mylan's antiretroviral drug TLE400.
Here are three things to know.
1. The FDA approved the drug under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a federal initiative to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
2. TLE400 will be used as a first-line treatment regimen for HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries.
3. The World Health Organization recommended the drug as an alternative first-line treatment for HIV-positive adults in 2016.
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