U.S. FDA Grants Priority Review to AbbVie for Supplemental New Drug Application for VIEKIRA PAK® (ombitasvir, paritaprevir, ritonavir tablets; dasabuvir tablets) without Ribavirin in Genotype 1b Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis - The priority designation shortens the regulatory review period from the standard 10 months to six months- TURQUOISE-III study showed 100 percent sustained virologic response at 12 weeks post-treatment (SVR12) in patients with genotype 1b (GT1b) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and compensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A)

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) and granted priority review for VIEKIRA PAK® (ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets; dasabuvir tablets) without ribavirin (RBV) in patients with genotype 1b (GT1b) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and compensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A). The current dosing recommendation for patients with GT1b and compensated cirrhosis is to administer RBV with VIEKIRA PAK for 12 weeks. The FDA grants priority review designation to investigational therapies...