Bristol-Myers Squibb launches Daklinza in the UK for chronic hepatitis C
US drug major Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has launched Daklinza (daclastavir) in the UK for chronic hepatitis C in adults. Daklinza works across multiple hepatitis C genotypes and does not include interferon, which often causes sustained flu-like side effects.
The drug offered clinical cure rates of 98% in patients with hepatitis C genotype 1 and 89% in genotype 3 when combined with sofosbuvir, and when combined with peginterferon alfa and ribarivin offers cure rates of up to 100% in genotype 4. Daklinza will compete in the market with Gildead Sciences’ (Nasdaq: GILD) new blockbuster hepatitis C drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir).
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