J&J Wins U.S. Approval for Hepatitis C Combo With Gilead
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Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval for its hepatitis C drug Olysio to be used in combination with Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Sovaldi, making it the second all-oral treatment available for the most common form of the virus.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the once-daily treatment for patients with hepatitis C genotype 1, J&J said yesterday in a statement. The combination allows Olysio to be used without the standard therapies including interferon, an injection that sometimes has flu-like side effects.