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Factory making fake Hepatitis C drug raided
Assisted by the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA), personnel of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) raided one of the local industries in Islamabad’s Kahuta industrial area here Saturday, leading to the discovery of unlawful manufacturing of Sofasbuvir tablets, which are used for the treatment of Hepatitis C....
Readmore at http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-304343-Factory-making-fake-Hepatitis-C-drug-raided
WHO moves to improve access to lifesaving medicines for hepatitis C
GENEVA - WHO today published the new edition of its Model List of Essential Medicines which includes ground-breaking new treatments for hepatitis C.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/new-essential-medicines-list/en/
Drug Safety Update: Risks of severe bradycardia and heart block when taken with amiodarone
On the 20th May 2015 the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the UK issued a Drug Safety Update titled:
Sofosbuvir with daclatasvir; sofosbuvir and ledipasvir: risks of severe bradycardia and heart block when taken with amiodarone.
You will find a link to it at:
Sofosbuvir Reference NMR Comparison
Today we compared a new batch of Sofosbuvir and Ledipasvir to our reference sample data and found it consistent.
It's reassuring to see the consistency.
Sofosbuvir Ledipasvir NMR and Mass Spec
We were quite excited to see the first shipment of Chinese sourced Sofosbuvir and Ledipasvir. A white powder and and off white powder, but what would the NMR show? Here's the NMR for Sofosbuvir which is right on the money.
Ledipasvir: mass [M+H] + 889.4195 ( < 2 ppm error)
- molecular formula - C49H54F2N8O6
Sofosbuvir: mass [M+H] + 530.1699 ( < 0.2 ppm error)
- molecular formula - C22H29FN3O9P
Newsflash PBAC
In Australia the PBAC has voted to recommend the inclusion of sofosbuvir in the PBS. This could mean that this vital medication becomes available at affordable prices in Australia, however it's also possible Cabinet will reject this given that inclusion in the PBS could see the current $10 billion spent by the government on all PBS medications blow out to $30 billion. We will keep you posted as to developments.
Here is the PBAC Recommendation
For now the options remain to either pay $100,000 for a private prescription, wait and see, or seek out treatment yourself.