AbbVie Scores HCV First Under UK’s Early Access Scheme

AbbVie’s investigational hepatitis C treatment has become the latest therapy to get the green light under the UK’s early access to medicines scheme. The scheme enables patients to access the treatment ahead of it receiving an EU marketing authorization.

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AbbVie's HCV treatment has received a positive scientific opinion under the UK's early access to medicines scheme • Source: Shutterstock

AbbVie has become the first company to receive permission to use an investigational treatment for hepatitis C under the UK’s early access to medicines scheme (EAMS), meaning the therapy can be made available to UK patients while it undergoes accelerated assessment for marketing throughout the EU.

Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, a pan-genotypic, ribavirin-free regimen that AbbVie is developing as cure for hepatitis C virus, has received a

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