HHS World Hepatitis Day Observance Showcased Progress & Collaboration
8-7-2015
On July 28, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted the fifth annual observance of World Hepatitis Day to continue raising awarene…
Food & Drug Administration
FDA Invites Comments on Proposal to Revise Lifetime Deferral on Blood Donation by Gay Men
5-18-2015In a Federal Register notice published Friday, May 15, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inviting public comments on the following draft recommend…
2014 Viral Hepatitis Year-in-Review and Looking to 2015
12-31-20142014 has been a year of both opportunities and challenges in the fight against viral hepatitis. In May, the World Health Assembly passed a new resolution on vir…
FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg's statement on FDA’s blood donor deferral policy for men who have sex with men
12-23-2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is a science-based regulatory agency that works to protect and promote the public health. In this role, it is our responsi…
FDA approves Viekira Pak to treat hepatitis C
12-19-2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Viekira Pak (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir tablets co-packaged with dasabuvir tablets) to treat pa…
FDA approves first combination pill to treat hepatitis C
10-14-2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Harvoni (ledipasvir and sofosbuvir) to treat chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection.Harvoni i…
Faster, Easier Cures for Hepatitis C
7-30-2014Transformative advances in drug treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration are giving the 3.2 million Americans with chronic hepatitis C a chance f…
FDA approves Sovaldi for chronic hepatitis C
12-9-2013Drug is third with breakthrough therapy designation to receive FDA approvalThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) to treat ch…
FDA Safety Communication: Reducing the Risk of Hepatitis B Reactivation in Patients Using Two Immune-Suppressing and Anti-Cancer Drugs
10-21-2013On September 25, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication announcing that the FDA has approved changes to the prescribing…
FDA approves first rapid diagnostic test to detect both HIV-1 antigen and HIV-1/2 antibodies
8-8-2013The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test for the simultaneous detection of HIV-1 p24 antigen…