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  • US approval for hepatitis C drug telaprevir

    Keith Alcorn / 23 May 2011

    The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new hepatitis C drug telaprevir (Incivek), the agency announced today. Telaprevir is a direct-acting antiviral drug (an HCV protease inhibitor), licensed for use in combination ...

  • European approval recommended for hepatitis C drug boceprevir

    Keith Alcorn / 23 May 2011

    The European Medicines Agency has recommended marketing approval for Merck’s hepatitis C protease inhibitor boceprevir (Victrelis), the agency announced on May 20th. Boceprevir is the first direct-acting antiviral agent for hepatitis C to be ...

  • Telaprevir works well for people with HIV/HCV co-infection

    Liz Highleyman / 02 March 2011

    The experimental hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor telaprevir, used with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin, produced good virological response in the first study of HIV/HCV co-infected individuals, according to interim data presented on Wednesday ...

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