FDA expands Vemlidy approval for chronic HBV in children aged older than 12 years
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The FDA has updated the label indication for 25 mg tenofovir alafenamide for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus with compensated liver disease, expanding the patient population to include children aged 12 years older.
Vemlidy (tenofovir alafenamide, Gilead Sciences) — a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor — was previously approved for the adult population in 2016, when it eclipsed the higher-dose Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Gilead Sciences) as an effective treatment.
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“Chronic hepatitis B can have a significant long-term health impact on children, including the development of liver cancer later in life if the disease is left untreated,” Kathleen Schwarz, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, said in a Gilead press release.