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Entecavir (Baraclude) Label Adds Data on Black Patients and Liver Transplant Recipients with HBV

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week approved revised product information for entecavir (Baraclude) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, adding new data from studies of African-American patients -- showing no differences in pharmacokinetics or safety -- and of people who received liver transplants. alt

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Entecavir Alone Works as Well as Combo for First-time Hepatitis B Treatment

Treating chronic hepatitis B with entecavir (Baraclude) alone worked as well as dual therapy using entecavir plus tenofovir (Viread) for patients starting treatment for the first time, according to a study described in the September 2012 issue of Gastroenterology. alt

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Heavy Alcohol Use Impairs Biochemical Response to Entecavir for Chronic Hepatitis B

While obese chronic hepatitis B patients and heavy drinkers did not have impaired virological response to entecavir (Baraclude), alcohol use did reduce the likelihood of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization, according to study findings reported in the June 2012 issue of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology. alt

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Adefovir-resistant Hepatitis B Virus Can Remain Susceptible to Tenofovir

Tenofovir (Viread) continues to be effective for treating chronic hepatitis B patients who have developed resistance to the related drug adefovir (Hepsera), according to a report in the August 14, 2012, online edition of Antiviral Therapy.alt

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Tenofovir Is Safe and Effective for Treating Hepatitis B in Adolescents

Teenagers with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection responded well to 2 years of treatment with tenofovir (Viread) in the first study of the drug in this population, researchers reported in the August 27, 2012, advance online edition of Hepatology.

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