Viread now also approved to treat hepatitis B

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The drug is administered as a once-daily tablet.

The anti-HIV drug Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, Gilead Sciences) has gained a new indication: to treat chronic hepatitis B in adults. Administered as a once-daily tablet, the drug works by blocking an enzyme required by the hepatitis B virus to replicate in liver cells. Hepatitis B is most prevalent among Asian Americans in this country.

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