The GeneXpert diagnostic testing technology from the US corporation Cepheid, and its parent company Danaher, has revolutionised rapid, accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and other diseases, since entering the market in 2010. Yet, due to the high cost of the GeneXpert test cartridges, many countries are not able to scale up testing for all people who need lifesaving diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign wrote an open letter to pharmaceutical corporation AbbVie to express our urgent need for glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) combination to treat people with hepatitis C.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign wrote a letter of support to the Malaysian government commending the issuance of a government use licence to enable access to an affordable version of the hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir. The ...
This issue brief provides information on currently available hepatitis C diagnostics and treatments, including pricing and registration information from manufacturers of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). Reasons underlying the continued ...
The combination of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (SOF/LDV) represents a more powerful and effective all-oral treatment for hepatitis C (HCV), particularly for people with genotype 1 HCV