TECHNIVIE™ (ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets) Receives FDA Approval as the First and Only All-Oral, Interferon-Free Treatment for Genotype 4 Chronic Hepatitis C in the U.S. - TECHNIVIE provides an opportunity to treat adults in the U.S. who have genotype 4 (GT4) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection without cirrhosis, a population historically considered difficult-to-treat- Approval is supported by a robust Phase II clinical trial of 135 chronic HCV GT4 patients, which demonstrated 100 percent sustained virologic response rates at 12 weeks post-treatment (SVR12) in patients who took TECHNIVIE with ribavirin (RBV)

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., July 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved TECHNIVIE (ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir tablets) in combination with ribavirin (RBV) for the treatment of adults with genotype 4 (GT4) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who do not have cirrhosis. TECHNIVIE is the first and only all-oral, interferon-free, direct-acting antiviral treatment approved in the U.S. for adult patients with GT4 chronic HCV infection. The approval of TECHNIVIE marks an important advancement in providing this historically difficult-to-treat population of...