Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc (ENTA)

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Enanta’s HCV Collaboration Partner AbbVie receives Approval by the European Commission for MAVIRET™ (glecaprevir/pibrentasvir) to Shorten Treatment Duration to Eight Weeks for Treatment-Naïve HCV Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis
August 02, 2019

https://www.enanta.com/investors/news-releases/press-release/2019/Enantas-HCV-Collaboration-Partner-AbbVie-receives-Approval-by-the-European-Commission-for-MAVIRET-glecaprevirpibrentasvir-to-Shorten-Treatment-Duration-to-Eight-Weeks-for-Treatment-Nave-HCV-Patients-with-Compensated-Cirrhosis/default.aspx


MAVIRET™ is now available as a shorter, 8-week, once-daily option for treatment-naïve, compensated cirrhotic, chronic hepatitis C (HCV) patients with genotype (GT)1, 2, 4, 5 or 6
Marketing authorization is supported by 97.9 percent cure* rate across this group of patients with no reported virologic failures
Analysis evaluating MAVIRET as an 8-week, once-daily treatment option for treatment-naïve, compensated cirrhotic, GT3 HCV patients is ongoing
Glecaprevir, is one of the two direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in MAVIRET and is Enanta’s second protease inhibitor developed and commercialized by AbbVie

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I was diagnosed in 2003. Back then the cure rate was less than 50% after a year of chemotherapy like symptoms. Some people suffered lasting serious disorders from the treatment; brain fog, auto-immune disorders, chronic fatigue, and other disorders which defied diagnosis or treatment. Through it all cirrhotics have remained the most difficult to treat. 8 weeks seems like a miracle to those of us who saw many treat repeatedly and fail, or those who kept waiting for a treatment and were lost before one came.

I believe I became infected in the 90's via surgery. I had zero damage in 2002, and by 2013 I was on the verge of cirrhosis, in spite of doing everything I could to stay healthy. I was able to get cured in a Gilead trial, but if I had to have waited for approvals either drug approval or insurance approval I have no doubt I would have been among those who became cirrhotic or who passed waiting for a treatment that could cure me.

This is a great treatment and close to a miracle for many people.