GSK's HIV drug receives EU marketing nod

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline <GSK.L> said its specialist HIV company had received marketing authorisation from the European Commission for its drug to treat advanced stage HIV infections in adults and adolescents above the age of 12 and weighing at least 40 kg.

ViiV Healthcare, which is majority owned by GSK and with Pfizer Inc <PFE.N> and Shionogi Ltd as shareholders, got the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment Dovato in April.

(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; editing by Gopakumar Warrier)