Hepatitis/MASH

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This fixed-dose combination of elbasvir and grazoprevir is indicated to treat chronic HCV genotypes 1 or 4 with or without ribavirin in adults.

Hepatitis B can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis.

Access to care improves among post liver transplant patients.

Manufacturer coupons found to show significant benefits reducing Sovaldi cost share.

Zepatier is a fixed-dose combination therapy of elbasvir and grazoprevir for chronic hepatitis C.

Drugs that target the signal-peptide peptidase enzyme may halt HCV development.

Baby boomer generation are five times more likely to be diagnosed with hepatitis C virus.

Large pharmaceutical companies who use this financial model could affect access to life-saving drugs.

Debate continues surrounding cost versus cure in hepatitis C treatment.

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Zepatier is already approved in the United States and Canada for treatment of hepatitis C.

CDC raises concerns about mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus.

Jennifer Andres, PharmD, BCPS, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Temple University School of Pharmacy discusses the sorts of services pharmacists can provide for hepatitis C patients.

Jennifer Andres, PharmD, BCPS, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Temple University Schools of pharmacy describes how hepatitis C care in the pharmacy differs from care provided in other settings.

Veikira XR is a once-daily medication that treats hepatitis C genotype 1.

Veikira XR is a once-daily medication that treats hepatitis C genotype 1.

The United States was found to have higher prescription and surgery costs compared with other countries.

Specialty pharmacists play an important role in making evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of hepatitis C virus.

Is the cost of specialty drugs worth the price in small patient populations?

Patients treated with HCV drugs prior to transplant found to have higher overall post-transplant care costs.

Restricted access to antiviral HCV treatments only reduces spending in the short-term.

Positive relationship found between the pricing of HCV drug regimens with the rate of sustained viral response.

Restrictions begin to lift for high cost hepatitis C drugs.

Restricted access to antiviral HCV treatments only reduces spending in the short-term.

Four major hepatitis genotypes kill more people than HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis.

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Threat of legal action prompts several states to allow greater access to curative HCV drugs.

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Approximately 58% of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis treated with pioglitazone showed reduced disease activity.