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Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, applauds the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for broadening access to treatment for Veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
ZEPATIER (elbasvir and grazoprevir) was approved Jan. 28, 2016 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult patients with chronic HCV genotype (GT) 1 or GT4 infection, with or without ribavirin (RBV), following priority review by the FDA, and was recently added to the VA National Formulary.
Merck introduced ZEPATIER with a price and access strategy to broaden and accelerate access to treatment for patients covered in commercial or public plans, including our country’s Veterans.The Veteran population is disproportionally affected by chronic HCV with an estimated 180,000 Veterans infected with the virus. Despite the availability of highly effective direct acting anti-viral (DAA) regimens for more than two years, the VA estimates that only about one in five of these Veterans have been treated with these DAA regimens over that period.
