Trials & Filings

FDA Approves J&J’s Hep C Pill

Olysio shown to cure patients in less time

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

The FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson’s Olysio ( assimeprevir) as a treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Olysio is a protease inhibitor that blocks a specific protein needed by the virus to replicate, and is used in combination with interferon, given by injection, and ribavirin. Olysio was shown in clinical trials to cure patients with a shorter duration of treatment....

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