FDA warns of serious liver injury risk with Viekira Pak, according to Bloomberg headlines. The FDA will require Abbvie (NYSE: ABBV) to add new safety risk to its labels.
UPDATE - The FDA issued the following safety announcement on Thursday:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that hepatitis C treatments Viekira Pak and Technivie can cause serious liver injury mostly in patients with underlying advanced liver disease. As a result, we are requiring the manufacturer to add new information about this safety risk to the drug labels.
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