Elbasvir/grazoprevir

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Elbasvir/grazoprevir
Combination of
Elbasvir NS5A inhibitor
Grazoprevir NS3/4A protease inhibitor
Clinical data
Trade names Zepatier
AHFS/Drugs.com entry
Legal status
Routes of
administration		 Oral (tablets)
Identifiers
ATC code J05AX68 (WHO) (temporary)

Elbasvir/grazoprevir (trade name Zepatier ZEP-ah-teer) is a fixed-dose two drug combination for the treatment of hepatitis C, containing 50 mg elbasvir (a hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitor) and 100 mg grazoprevir (an NS3/4A protease inhibitor). It is used to treat chronic HCV genotypes 1 or 4 infection in both treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients.[1]

Both elbasvir and grazoprevir were developed by Merck & Co. The drug was approved on January 28, 2016.[2]

References

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