Saturday, October 11, 2014

HCV Newsetters: Everything you need to know about Gilead's Harvoni

HCV Newsetters: Everything you need to know about Gilead's Harvoni

 Unless you have been out of the country, or living high on a mountain peak, you're more than aware we had some exciting news yesterday.

Drum roll please.....

The FDA approved Gilead’s much anticipated drug Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir), our first combination pill approved for the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 1 infection, without interferon or ribavirin.

Gilead has published both U.S. Prescribing Information and Patient Information, on their support website. In addition check out HCV Advocates new factsheet; Genotype 1 Treatment: Harvoni (Sofosbuvir & Ledipasvir).

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 New Hepatitis C Drug is FDA Approved: Harvoni (Combo Lepidasvir and Sofosbuvir)
by on 10/10/2014
Yet another hepatitis C drug has been approved by the FDA, a great day for those who suffer from hepatitis C. A combination of Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir, this new drug, called Harvoni, is the latest entry by Gilead, leading the way in curing hepatitis C.



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Everything you need to know about Harvoni

In this edition of Newsletters we begin with an article written by HepMag's Benjamin Ryan covering everything you need to know about Gilead's Harvoni.

Hep is an award-winning print and online brand for people living with and affected by viral hepatitis. Offering unparalleled editorial excellence since 2010, Hep and HepMag.com are the go-to source for educational and social support for people living with hepatitis.

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The first once-daily fixed-dose combination therapy to treat hep C has hit the scene, with neither interferon nor ribavirin in tow.

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Sovaldi-Ledipasvir Better Shields the Liver Than Today’s Hep C Meds

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October 2014 print edition of HCV Next



"HCV Next" offers information on a range of topics, which include diagnosis, new combination therapies, side effects, drug/drug interaction, guidelines, fatty liver disease and more.

October Table of Contents

COVER STORY
The Evolution of Special Populations in HCV

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Bridging the Gap: New Clinical Trials Planned for Children with HCV
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Factsheet on Genotype 1 Treatment: Harvoni (Sofosbuvir & Ledipasvir)

Updated Oct 15
HCV Advocate Mid-Month Newsletter October 2014
Welcome to the first edition of the HCV Advocate: Mid-Month Edition. We decided to publish an additional mid-monthly edition because there is so much more news now and we wanted to make sure we are keeping our readership up to date on the latest information. The “Mid-Month Edition” will feature Jacques Chambers’ monthly benefits column, fact sheet updates and other critical updates.
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HCV Meets Managed Care Health Insurance (2014)
As this country plays catch-up with the other industrialized nations that make health insurance available to everyone, a lot of people are getting coverage for the first time. Unfortunately, the health plans being offered today are complicated; they are virtually all Managed Care Plans. Also, unlike countries that cover everyone under one plan, our health coverage is handled primarily through health insurance companies so there are major differences in coverage and what an insured person is expected to pay out-of-pocket.
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Alan Franciscus, Editor-in-Chief
We have incorporated some important new information into one of HCSP’s Fact Sheets in our HCV Transmission and Prevention Section. 

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Alan Franciscus, Editor-in-Chief
In this month’s column, I will provide a short overview of phase 3 data from sofosbuvir plus ledipasvir. It is important to know, however, that when approved the FDA may add or change the cure rates and add additional warnings or restrictions to the use of the medications based on their review of the clinical trial data.
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Lucinda K. Porter, RN
This month, Lucinda discusses the AASLD and IDSA’s recommendations assigning high treatment priority to those with high risk of HCV transmission. When we reduce HCV transmission, we reduce the prevalence, which benefits us all. 
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One of the most important decisions that anyone with hepatitis C (HCV) will make is about HCV treatment. In the past, it has been a difficult decision because of the significant side effects, long treatment duration and modest cure rates. 
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Lucinda reviews studies on depression and HCV disease progression, mother-to-child transmission, healthcare utilization and racial differences in progression to cirrhosis and HCC. 
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Find out what the results of our recent survey were; what we are going to do about them, and who won the autographed copy of Lucinda's book Hepatitis C One Step at a Time. 
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To look at healthy 25-year-old Alison Cubbellotti now, you would never know that only five years ago she was near death. She was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis at age nine. But she has survived and thrived. Read about her inspirational story.

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Each winter hundreds of thousands of people see their GP and tens of thousands are hospitalised because of flu. Last winter, Public Health England received reports of 904 people admitted to intensive care or high dependency units with laboratory confirmed flu and, of them, 11% (98 people) 
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As a reminder next month is the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, taking place in Boston from November 7th to November 11th. Late-breaking abstracts are now available, in addition, abstract text is published in a special edition of Hepatology.

Wishing you all the best, until next time.

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