Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) announced today that FDA has approved an expansion of the pediatric indication of Epclusa® for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) to now include children as young as 3 years of age
In both cell cultures and mouse models, sofosbuvir a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by the Zika virus — and blocked transmission of the virus to mouse fetuses.