| Date Article | Apr 7, 2017 Approval FDA Approves Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in Pediatric Patients 12 Years and Older | Dec 6, 2013 Approval FDA Approves Sovaldi for Chronic Hepatitis C |
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When was Sovaldi launched?
6 December 2013
: Receiving Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, Gilead Sciences releases Sovaldi® (sofosbuvir).
When did Harvoni come to market?
The FDA granted Harvoni a priority review and breakthrough therapy designation. The drug was approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection by the FDA in
October 2014
. The marketing authorisation application (MAA) for Harvoni was submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in March 2014.
What year did Harvoni come out?
Harvoni received regulatory approval for the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 1 infection in adults in the United States in
October 2014
.
When was Sofosbuvir approved?
Sofosbuvir was discovered in 2007, and approved for medical use in the United States in
2013
. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Over 60,000 people were treated with sofosbuvir in its first 30 weeks being sold in the United States.
Who made Sovaldi?
Sofosbuvir is manufactured as Sovaldi (soh-VAHL-dee) by
Gilead Sciences
(Figure 1) and (Figure 2). The drug sofosbuvir was previously known as GS-7977 and was originally developed by Pharmasset as compound PSI-7977.
Who made the Hep C cure?
A medicinal chemist who found a cure for the viral disease hepatitis C has received a prestigious award from the University of Edinburgh.
Dr. Michael J Sofia
, who devised the drug sofosbuvir, is the winner of this year's Cameron Prize for Therapeutics.
What drug class is Harvoni?
HARVONI is a fixed-dose combination tablet containing ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for oral administration. Ledipasvir is an
HCV NS5A inhibitor
and sofosbuvir is a nucleotide analog inhibitor of HCV NS5B polymerase. Each tablet contains 90 mg ledipasvir and 400 mg sofosbuvir.
How long has Harvoni been available?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Harvoni
in 2014
. In studies, Harvoni has been shown to be up to 99 percent effective . A typical course of treatment lasts 12 weeks.
Is Harvoni FDA approved?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved supplemental applications for Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) and Harvoni (ledipasvir and sofosbuvir) to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) in children ages 12 to 17.
Why is Harvoni so expensive?
Hepatitis C drugs are expensive
due to the large demand for them
, and the high cost of bringing them to market. Developing a new drug, testing it in clinical trials, and marketing it can run pharmaceutical companies nearly $900 million.
What is the difference between Harvoni and Epclusa?
Epclusa is approved to treat all six genotypes of hepatitis C in adults with or without cirrhosis. Harvoni is also approved to
treat genotypes 1, 4, 5, and 6
. It's used for adults, and unlike Epclusa, it's used for children aged 12 and older or who weigh at least 77 pounds.
What is the generic name for Harvoni?
Generic Name:
ledipasvir-sofosbuvir
This medication is a combination of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir and is used to treat chronic (long-lasting) hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver.
Is Hep C treatment like chemo?
The chemotherapy that you'd get for cancer
isn't used to treat hepatitis C
. But Bacon says hepatitis C treatment can have side effects “that are akin to what patients experience when they receive cancer chemotherapy.” That includes temporary hair loss.
Does Sofosbuvir cure hep C?
Sofosbuvir is effective for treating infection with HCV genotype 1,2,3, or 4, and in clinical trials, 50% to 90% of individuals treated with the
drug cleared the hepatitis C virus
from their blood.
What is the target of the HCV drug Sofosbuvir?
Sofosbuvir is nucleotide analog inhibitor, which specifically inhibits
HCV NS5B
(non-structural protein 5B) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
