Tag Archives: sofosbuvir
After Harvoni: What’s Still Left to Improve (Besides the Price Tag)?
SVR rates in recent DAA combination trials are really impressive. Hardly a month goes by without yet another trial showing excellent efficacy in populations so far considered ‘difficult to treat’, like cirrhotics or post-liver transplant patients on immunosuppressive therapies. This Continue reading After Harvoni: What’s Still Left to Improve (Besides the Price Tag)?
2014: The Year That Changed The Landscape of HCV Therapy
It was déjà vu all over again, albeit compressed in time: when the race started to replace PegIFN+RBV for the treatment of HCV infection, the learnings from HIV drug development and the lessons with HAART provided an excellent template for quick Continue reading 2014: The Year That Changed The Landscape of HCV Therapy
Why The Next Novel Antibiotic Will Be A Blockbuster And Cost $40k
Looking at all antibiotics in the pipeline, I can’t help but think that – by 2018 – there will be some blockbuster anti-infectives coming to the market. Why do I say this? What is going to generate this revenue stream for companies Continue reading Why The Next Novel Antibiotic Will Be A Blockbuster And Cost $40k
So Many HCV “Guidelines”: Can’t We Wait Till the Dust Has Settled?
It was clear from the outset that the new roster of HCV drugs would change the playing field. Gilead’s NS5B polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir and J&J’s NS3/4A protease inhibitor simeprevir have already revolutionized the treatment paradigm, pushing telaprevir and boceprevir, the Continue reading So Many HCV “Guidelines”: Can’t We Wait Till the Dust Has Settled?