Approved HCV Drugs
Approved HCV Drugs
FDA Approves Gilead's Vosevi Combo Pill for Hepatitis C Re-treatment
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- Category: Approved HCV Drugs
- Published on Tuesday, 18 July 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
On July 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) approved Gilead Sciences' Vosevi, a new once-daily combination pill containing sofosbuvir, velpatasvir, and voxilaprevir. Vosevi was approved as "salvage therapy" for people with all hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes who were not previously cured with prior direct-acting antiviral therapy.
EASL 2017: Generic Hepatitis C Drugs Continue to Produce High Cure Rates
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- Category: Approved HCV Drugs
- Published on Monday, 01 May 2017 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Treatment with generic versions of direct-acting antiviral drugs (DAAs) for hepatitis C continues to produce similar cure rates to those reported in clinical trials of brand-name drugs, James Freeman reported last month at the EASL International Liver Congress in Amsterdam.
AASLD 2016: U.S. Veterans Health System and Australia Show Potential for Rapid Hepatitis C Elimination
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- Category: Approved HCV Drugs
- Published on Friday, 18 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
If sufficient money is available to pay for direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), the U.S. Veterans Health Administration could cure hepatitis C in the majority of veterans under its care within 3 years, and has already shown it has the capacity to start almost 7000 people on treatment in a single month, George Ioannou of the University of Washington in Seattle reported at the AASLD Liver Meeting last week in Boston.
FDA Approves Harvoni and Sovaldi for Adolescents with Hepatitis C
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- Category: Approved HCV Drugs
- Published on Saturday, 08 April 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 7 approved the first direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in adolescents age 12 to 17 years. Sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (Harvoni) is now indicated for adolescents with HCV genotypes 1, 4, 5, or 6, while sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) plus ribavirin is approved for those with genotypes 2 or 3.
AASLD 2016: Grazoprevir/ Elbasvir + Sofosbuvir Highly Effective for Hard-to-Treat Genotype 3 HCV Patients
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- Category: Approved HCV Drugs
- Published on Sunday, 13 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A triple regimen of grazoprevir/elbasvir (Zepatier) plus sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) without ribavirin cured 96% of previously untreated and 97% of treatment-experienced people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3 and liver cirrhosis, matching rates seen in easier-to-treat patient groups, according to results from the C-ISLE study presented this week at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting in Boston.
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