Hepatitis/MASH

Popularity of new treatments lead to shrinking demand for Merck's Victrelis.

Study warns there is no testing to support a net clinical benefit.

Walgreens official discusses programs and techniques for improving patient adherence.

Thirty-eight of 40 hepatitis C patients treated with 3-drug combination cured in a recent trial.

CVS and Prime Therapeutics agreements follow Express Scripts in hepatitis C formulary updates.

AbbVie and Gilead are fighting over hepatitis C drug market share.

Attacking protein could potentially treat a number of conditions, including the Ebola virus, brain cancer, and hepatitis.

Eric Tichy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, senior clinical pharmacy specialist at Yale New-Haven Hospital, explains how hepatitis C therapies are changing patient treatment.

Hepatitis B vaccination reduces incidence of primary liver cancer by 84% later in life, study finds.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals of Bridgewater, NJ, has issued a voluntary recall of one lot of Virazole®(ribavirin powder for solution), 100 mL, 6g vial, 4-pack to the user level.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling a lot of its ribavirin powder for solution (Virazole) to the user level due to microbial contamination.

Between 50% to 70% of patients with HCV show no symptoms and may not know they have the disease.

Increase found in the number of eligible hepatitis C patients being treated following approval of new treatments.

Raulo Frear, PharmD, general manager of OmedaRx, discusses the high initial cost of hepatitis C drugs like Sovaldi compared with the long term cost of treating the disease.

Express Scripts strikes a deal with AbbVie to provide its hepatitis C treatment to members at a discounted rate. But will this deal end up costing more in the end?

A new study has revealed that many patients infected with the hepatitis C virus do not seek treatment and become lost in the different stages of health care to manage the disease.

Multi-year agreement with AbbVie will place new drug as the exclusive option for patients with hepatitis C genotype 1.

Data for daclatasvir not suitable to prove added benefit.

Product contains 3 new drugs that work to inhibit the growth of HCV.

The FDA today approved ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets copackaged with dasabuvir tablets to treat individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection, including patients with cirrhosis.

Study finds hepatitis C co-infection not related to decreased mental function.

The CVS Health Research Institute today released a first look at the comparative utilization of two new hepatitis C treatments in the weeks following their respective launches. The analysis shows an increase in the number of eligible hepatitis C patients being treated following the October launch of Harvoni®, the newest hepatitis C treatment.

Breakthrough hepatitis C drugs promise cure rates upwards of 90%, and specialty pharmacy can play an important role in their success by addressing obstacles to adherence.

Long-term infections with other pathogens have been suspected as the cause of mental impairment in patients with HIV. However, new research suggests that this might not be the case.