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FDA Panel Endorses Telaprevir for Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C patients will likely have two new treatment options after an FDA advisory committee unanimously endorsed a second new HCV drug. The FDA’s Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee voted 18-0 on Thursday that telaprevir, a protease inhibitor made by Vertex … Continue reading

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FDA Panel Endorses Boceprevir for Hepatitis C

An FDA advisory committee has voted unanimously to recommend approval? of the investigational drug boceprevir (Victrelis), in combination with peginterferon and ribavirin, to treat hepatitis C genotype 1. The agency’s Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee voted 18-0 on Wednesday that boceprevir, … Continue reading

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