American pharma firm AbbVie is taking NHS England to court over a procurement process aimed to help England become the first country in the world to eradicate the hepatitis C virus (HCV). <
The US FDA has given a green light to a new influenza treatment from Shionogi and Roche that has the first new mechanism of action in more than two decades.
Janssen has struck a deal with Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals to develop an RNA interference drug to treat hepatitis B viral infection, worth up to $3.7 billion.
Baloxavir marboxil, a flu drug seen by Roche as a successor to Tamiflu, significantly sped time to relief for patients highly vulnerable to serious complications.