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AbbVie's (ABBV) Investigational Hepatitis C Treatment Granted Priority Review in Japan

April 16, 2015 8:26 AM UTC

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted priority review for its investigational, two direct-acting antiviral treatment of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir. This all-oral treatment is interferon (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV)-free and will be dosed once daily. The MHLW grants priority review to certain medicines on the basis of clinical usefulness and severity of the disease,... More