Hepatitis/MASH

A recently-published Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) report details updated concerns about newer drugs used to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV).

The new test service helps physicians assess patient’s responses to antiretroviral therapy for HBV.

Simeprevir was approved by the FDA in late 2013 for hepatitis C virus.

Severe adverse events may be associated with new class of hepatitis C medications.

Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir granted accelerated assessment for the treatment of hepatitis C.

Regimen of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir treats hepatitis C virus genotypes 1 to 6.

Conflicts of interest among committee members who set hepatitis C treatment guidelines may influence decision-making.

Worldwide there are more than 350,000 HCV-related deaths per year.

Quest Diagnostics launches a test that determines patient response to costly hepatitis B virus drugs.

Patient with a failing liver who received an HCV-infected liver cured of the virus.

Cognitive impairment more prevalent in patients with HIV coinfection than in those with hepatitis C infection alone.

Successful treatment with buprenorphine is crucial for patients with opioid use disorder.

Glecaprevir is a NS3/4A protease inhibitor and pibrentasvir is a NS5A inhibitor for hepatitis C patients without cirrhosis.

Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir is indicated as an eight-week treatment for hepatitis C among patients without cirrhosis.

Company seeks to leverage technologies to address unmet needs.

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This fixed-dose combination of sofosbuvir and velpatasvir is indicated to treat chronic HCV genotypes 1-6.

Novartis partners with Conatus to develop a new drug for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Hepatitis A infection rates have decreased in the United States and are the lowest they have been in 40 years.

Combination drugs may cause adverse events in individuals coinfected with HIV and HCV.

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Study seeks the optimal drug combination for patients with HCV genotype 2 and cirrhosis.

Reovirus could treat liver diseases such as hepatitis C virus and primary liver cancer.

Over the years, a number of landmark clinical studies in virology have been published, shaping how we treat the disease today.