The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved additional indications for Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) for use in chronic hepatitis C patients with advanced liver disease.

Harvoni in combination with ribavirin (RBV) for 12 weeks was approved for use in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1- or 4-infected liver transplant recipients without cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A), and for HCV genotype 1-infected patients with decompensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh B or C), including those who have undergone liver transplantation.

Harvoni is now approved for use in a broader range of patient populations, including HCV genotypes 1, 4, 5 and 6, HCV/HIV-1 coinfection, HCV genotype 1 and 4 liver transplant recipients, and genotype 1-infected patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

For 2015, Gilead’s antiviral product sales were $30.2 billion compared to $22.8 billion in 2014 primarily due to sales of Harvoni, partially offset by a decrease in sales of Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), also used to treat HCV. For 2015, Harvoni had sales of $13.8 billion and Sovaldi had sales of $5.3 billion.

Source: Gilead Sciences