3-drug mixture was nearly 100 percent effective in drug company trials
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A pill that contains three powerful antiviral drugs might offer a cure for many hepatitis C patients who have failed other treatments, researchers report.
The pill -- which contains the antiviral drugs sofosbuvir (Sovaldi), velpatasvir and voxilaprevir -- was nearly 100 percent effective in curing hepatitis C in patients whose disease retu...
California-headquartered Gilead Sciences has warned against the use of generic versions of its blockbuster Hepatitis C drugs procured by patients directly through “buyers clubs.” A disruptive phenomenon, dozens of buyers clubs have mushroomed in recent years that enable supply of generic lifesaving medicines to thousands of patients afflicted with the fatal liver ailment.
In its latest May 9 regulatory filings in Form 10K at the US Securities Exchange Com
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Effective April 2017, Alberta Health has expanded access to treatments for hepatitis C in line with what the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Québec have just done (Alberta expands drug coverage for hepatitis C patients). As Dr. Shafran, who is clearly worried about continued restrictions, says, “The funders have now opened the doors to let us treat people with mild liver disease … if ...
Decision enables price reductions and scale-up of treatment that leads to cure in 95% of cases
Rio de Janeiro, 31 March, 2017 – Treatment for hepatitis C using the key drug sofosbuvir could be vastly scaled up in Brazil after the decision by the National Agency of Health Surveillance (Anvisa) to reject a key patent application on the drug marketed by pharmaceutical corporation Gilead. The decision could pave the way to enable generic competition in Brazil
Two drug combinations from Gilead and AbbVie that could improve treatment of chronic hepatitis C have been granted accelerated review in the EU.
Gilead's application is for a three drug combination of NS5B polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir, NS5A inhibitor velpatasvir and pan-genotypic protease inhibitor voxilaprevir – given over 12 weeks – that could achieve a cure for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients who have failed other regimens.
The new direc
In a recent article in Forbes, MIT Sloan School of Management visiting scientist Mark Trusheim and co-author Peter B. Bach, a physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, propose a startling response to the prevalence of hepatitis C and the high cost of the leading therapy: The U.S. government should not just pay for the pills — they should buy their maker.
The pharmaceutical company Gilead sells hepatitis C drugs that have 80 percent
Merck & Co on Thursday was awarded $2.54 billion in royalties by a federal jury in a patent lawsuit against Gilead Sciences Inc over Gilead's blockbuster hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni.
The jury in Delaware reached the verdict following a nearly two-week trial, finding that a patent acquired by Merck in 2014 on hepatitis C treatments was valid.
"The jury's verdict upholds patent protections that are essential to the development of new medica
If Approved, SOF/VEL/VOX Would Be the First Once-Daily Single Tablet Regimen Available as a Salvage Therapy for Patients Infected with HCV Genotype 1-6 Who Have Failed Prior Treatment with DAA Regimens Including NS5A Inhibitors
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2016-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an investigational, o
Vemlidy is a Once-Daily Treatment that Demonstrated Similar Efficacy with Improved Renal and Bone Laboratory Safety Parameters Compared to Viread
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2016-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vemlidy® (tenofovir alafenamide, TAF) 25mg, a once-daily treatment for adults with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with compensated li
"Not surprising...[is] Gilead’s move to stop working to improve on its suite of current hep C remedies, which already offer impressively high cure rates"
Another quarter, another slump for Gilead’s hepatitis C franchise. The one-time powerhouses Sovaldi and Harvoni have fallen victim to competition and payer discounting, with sales plummeting 31% for the quarter.
Gilead’s hep C top line got some help from inventory stocking and one-time revenue in othe...
