Search Results for: hepatitis C virus

December 13, 2016December 13, 2016

Gilead Submits New Drug Application for Once-daily Single Tablet Regimen for HCV

Hepatitis C, News

Gilead Sciences submitted a regulatory new drug application (NDA) for its investigational, once-daily single tablet regimen of SOF/VEL/VOX (sofosbuvir, velpatasvir, and voxilaprevir) for the treatment of hepatitis C infection with the ... Read more

December 8, 2016December 8, 2016

Models Seen to Predict Transmission Risk of HCV and HIV Infection in Drug Users

Hepatitis C, News

Researchers developed mathematical models to predict the association between the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection transmission among people who inject drugs. The findings obtained may help ... Read more

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016

European Medical Officials Join Chorus of Warnings About Risk of Hep B Reactivation with Direct-Acting Antiviral Drugs Used for Hep C

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, News

The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed that patients being treated with certain direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection ... Read more

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016

AbbVie’s HCV Therapy Looks Highly Effective in Patients with Severe Kidney Disease

Hepatitis C, News

AbbVie recently announced positive results for the company’s investigational regimen of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) in treating patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Results are from the EXPEDITION-4 study (NCT02651194), an open-label Phase ... Read more

October 13, 2016October 13, 2016

Hep C Halted from Hijacking Metabolic Process Points to New Treatment Strategy

Hepatitis C, News

Preventing virus-triggered changes in human metabolic processes might become a future way to stymie viral infections, according to a recent study by an international group of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ... Read more

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016

Penn Medicine Launches Clinical Trial to Transplant Kidneys from HCV-positive Donors

Hepatitis C, News

A research team at Penn Medicine launched a clinical trial examining the effectiveness and safety of using kidneys from deceased donors who had hepatitis C virus (HCV) for patients without the infection, ... Read more

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016

HCV Treatment Path 4.0 App Includes Latest Medication Guidelines

Hepatitis C, News

Altamonte Springs, Florida based BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy released an update and expansion of its hepatitis C virus (HCV) Treatment Path prescriber app to help guide selection of a hepatitis C therapy. ... Read more

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016

Free App Can Help Hep C Patients Fight Alcohol Addiction

Hepatitis C, News

Primrose Healthcare, a hepatitis C virus (HCV) management software company in Phoenix, Ariz., recently launched a mobile device alcohol application (app) designed to aid hepatitis C patients who struggle with ... Read more

September 22, 2015September 24, 2015

Rate of HCV incidence Is Increasing In HIV+ Men Who Have Sex With Men, According to Study

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Incidence epidemiology of sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) is only partially understood. However, it is known that in the ... Read more

August 4, 2015August 4, 2015

FDA Approves Once-Daily TECHNIVIE for HCV Genotype 4

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On July 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration granted final approval of AbbVie’s TECHNIVIE (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir), a fixed-dose combination drug classified as a hepatitis C virus NS5A ... Read more