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The 2017 Pipeline Report

Treatment Action Group (TAG) announces the launch of its annual research and development landscape analysis: The Pipeline Report: Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research Toward a Cure, and Immune-Based and Gene Therapies in Development.

Published
19 July 2017
From
Treatment Action Group
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
New pangenotypic hepatitis C drug combinations recommended for approval in the European Union

Two new pangenotypic direct-acting antiviral combinations have received positive opinions from the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (the CHMP) and should receive European

Published
26 June 2017
By
Keith Alcorn
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
European CHMP Adopts Positive Opinion for Gilead’s Vosevi® (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir/Voxilaprevir) for the Treatment of All Chronic Hepatitis C Genotypes

Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has adopted a positive opinion on the company’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Vosevi®, an investigational, once-daily, single tablet regimen of sofosbuvir 400 mg, velpatasvir 100 mg, and voxilaprevir 100 mg (SOF/VEL/VOX) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients.

Published
26 June 2017
From
Gilead press release
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
AbbVie Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for MAVIRET™ (glecaprevir/pibrentasvir) for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in All Major Genotypes (GT1-6)

If approved, MAVIRET will be a once-daily, ribavirin-free, 8-week option for patients without cirrhosis and who are new to treatment across all genotypes (GT1-6), who comprise the majority of people living with HCV.1 The European Commission will now review the CHMP opinion and a final decision is expected in Q3 2017.

Published
26 June 2017
From
AbbVie press release
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) Granted to AbbVie’s Investigational Pan-genotypic Regimen for Chronic Hepatitis C in UK

The UK scheme makes glecaprevir/pibrentasvir available to people with compensated cirrhosis and prior treatment with an NS5A inhibitor (genotypes 1, 4, 5 or 6), chronic kidney disease (genotypes 2, 3, 5 or 6) or genotype 3 with previous exposure to pegylated interferon, ribavirin and/or sofosbuvir.

Published
10 May 2017
From
AbbVie press release
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Study points to new approach to battling hepatitis C infections

An international study led by researchers at Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) has shone light on the way the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) hijacks the communication systems in the host cells it infects, uncovering potential new therapeutic targets for the disease.

Published
08 May 2017
From
Eurekalert
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
China FDA Approves Country’s First All-Oral Regimen for Chronic Hepatitis C, Daklinza® (daclatasvir) in Combination with Sunvepra® (asunaprevir)

Daklinza and Sunvepra combination approved for genotype 1b, the most common chronic hepatitis C (HCV) genotype in China; combination has a 91-99% cure rate. Daklinza also approved in China for use in combination with other agents, including sofosbuvir, for HCV genotypes 1-6.

Published
02 May 2017
From
Bristol-Myers Squibb
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Triple combination cures most hepatitis C patients with prior DAA treatment failure

Almost all people with genotype 1 hepatitis C who were previously unsuccessfully treated with a course of interferon-free direct-acting antiviral therapy achieved sustained response when retreated with a

Published
28 April 2017
By
Liz Highleyman
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
AbbVie combination cures 95% of genotype 3 hepatitis C

AbbVie's pangenotypic direct-acting antiviral combination of two drugs cured 95% of people with early-stage genotype 3 hepatitis C virus (HCV), the hardest genotype to treat,

Published
21 April 2017
By
Keith Alcorn
Access to medicines and treatment
The Medicines Patent Pool and Pharco Pharmaceuticals Sign Licence for Promising Hepatitis C Drug Candidate Ravidasvir

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced a new licence and technology transfer agreement with Egyptian company Pharco Pharmaceuticals for ravidasvir (RAV), an investigational direct-acting antiviral (DAA) with the potential of working across all six major hepatitis C genotypes. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the International Liver Congress in Amsterdam, will enable competitive supply of RAV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) including high prevalence nations Russia, Ukraine, Egypt and Iran.

Published
21 April 2017
From
Medicines Patent Pool
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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