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FDA approves Gilead’s hepatitis B treatment Vemlidy
SILVER SPRINGS, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Vemlidy (tenofovir alafenamide, TAF, 25 mg), a new once-daily treatment for hepatitis B infection with compensated liver disease from Gilead Sciences. Vemlidy comes with a boxed warning about the risk of lactic acidosis/severe hepatomegaly with steatosis and post-treatment severe acute exacerbation of hepatitis B.