Sofosbuvir Earns FDA Approval as Hepatitis C Treatment

The FDA recently approved sofosbuvir as a once-daily oral treatment for hepatitis C, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.  

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Sofosbuvir is a nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor, the first FDA-approved all-oral treatment for patients with HCV genotypes 2 or 3.

The drug received approval shortly after simeprevir, an Olysio, Janssen Therapeutics drug for patients with HCV genotype 1.

Sofosbuvir is a product of Gilead Sciences.

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