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A Win for Liver Transplant Patients with Hepatitis C

The Editors at Hepatitis Central
November 25, 2014

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AbbVie’s Hepatitis C drug recently cured 97% patients in a transplant study.

Europe gives green light to AbbVie hepatitis C drugs, others

(Reuters) – European regulators recommended approval for two drugs made by AbbVie to treat hepatitis C, both of which belong to a new generation of medicines that have proved effective in treating a condition that is the most common cause of liver transplants in Europe.

Dasabuvir, known commercially as Exviera, and a combination therapy called Viekirax, gave physicians additional treatment options with high cure rates, the European Medicines Agency said on Friday.

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