Bristol’s Baraclude (Entecavir) Recommended For First-Line Hep B Treatment
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Baraclude (entecavir) recommended for first-line treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus at meeting of FDA’s Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee unanimously agrees entecavir has favorable risk/benefit profile despite potential carcinogenicity risks.
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