#Food and Drug Administration

The two-drug regimen can cure the virus in as little as eight weeks.

The agency has asked Endo Pharmaceuticals to stop selling Opana ER, a painkiller that’s been linked with outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C.

The number of veterans treated for HCV by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) surged along with cure rates.

Using supplements can be risky for people with liver disease.

All the participants were cured of hep C. Although some saw their hep B viral load rise, other measures of the disease looked good.

This is the first approval of direct-acting antivirals for 12- to 17-year-olds.

Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) cured high rates of those with genotype 1 who failed a previous hep C cure attempt in a Phase II study.

The agency is tasked with making sure our food and drugs are safe.

A controversial congressman, he already wrote a plan to replace Obamacare.

FDA commissioner Robert Califf’s overview of the opioid epidemic in the United States, and recent actions taken by the FDA.

He also told pharma leaders: “We have to get prices down. We have no choice.”

The single-pill regimen would provide an eight-week ribavirin-free option for those with all viral genotypes who do not have cirrhosis.

Obama signs the biggest health legislation since his Affordable Care Act. What strings are attached?

Jim O’Neill is also interested in immortality. For real.

First hospital in the United States performs a liver transplant using a new high-tech machine are calling the “liver in a box.”

Herbal and dietary supplements are now a major risk factor for chemical-induced liver damage across the United States.