FDA backs new indication for GlaxoSmithKline's Promacta
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved UK pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline’s (LSE: GSK) Promacta (eltrombopag) for the treatment of thrombocytopenia (low blood platelet counts) in patients with chronic hepatitis C to allow them to initiate and maintain interferon-based therapy, the company revealed yesterday.
Promacta is the first supportive care treatment available to patients who are ineligible or poor candidates for interferon-based therapy due to their low blood platelet counts. Promacta in combination with interferon-based therapy has been shown to improve a patient's chance of achieving a sustained virologic response (SVR) or viral cure.
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