WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Hepcludex as the first authorized treatment for chronic hepatitis delta virus infection in the United States, giving patients with the rare but severe liver disease access to a federally approved therapy for the first time. The treatment, developed by Gilead Sciences, was approved for adults with chronic hepatitis delta virus, or HDV, infection who do not have cirrhosis or who hav…
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