Epclusa 400 mg/100 mg and 200 mg/50 mg film-coated tablets

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Pharmacy Only: Prescription
  • Company:

    Gilead Sciences Ltd
  • Status:

    No Recent Update
  • Legal Category:

    Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)
  • Active Ingredient(s):

    *Additional information is available within the SPC or upon request to the company

Updated on 21 August 2023

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Epclusa 400 mg-100 mg and 200 mg-50 mg film-coated tablets IE&XI PIL (August 2023).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to further information section

Updated on 06 June 2022

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Epclusa 400 mg-100 mg and 200 mg-50 mg film-coated tablets IE-XI PIL (June 2022).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Removal of Black Inverted Triangle

Updated on 06 June 2022

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Epclusa 400 mg-100 mg and 200 mg-50 mg film-coated tablets IE-XI SmPC (June 2022).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Removal of Black Inverted Triangle

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Updated on 21 January 2022

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Epclusa 400 mg-100 mg and 200 mg-50 mg film-coated tablets IE-XI PIL (January 2022).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to Section 1 - what the product is
  • Change to section 1 - what the product is used for
  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions
  • Change to section 2 - use in children and adolescents
  • Change to section 2 - excipient warnings
  • Change to section 3 - dose and frequency
  • Change to section 3 - use in children/adolescents
  • Change to section 3 - how to take/use
  • Change to section 3 - duration of treatment
  • Change to section 3 - overdose, missed or forgotten doses
  • Change to section 4 - possible side effects
  • Change to section 6 - what the product contains

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Extension of indication for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection to include paediatric use in in patients aged 3 years and older

Updated on 21 January 2022

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Epclusa 400 mg-100 mg and 200 mg-50 mg film-coated tablets IE-XI SmPC (January 2022).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.1 - Therapeutic indications
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
  • Change to section 5.2 - Pharmacokinetic properties
  • Change to section 6.1 - List of excipients

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Extension of indication for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection to include paediatric use in in patients aged 3 years and older.

Updated on 28 July 2021

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Epclusa 400 mg-100 mg and 200 mg-50 mg film-coated tablets IE & XI SmPC (July 2021).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to Section 4.8 – Undesirable effects - how to report a side effect
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 28 July 2021

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Epclusa 400 mg-100 mg and 200 mg-50 mg film-coated tablets IE & XI PIL (July 2021).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to other sources of information section

Updated on 12 April 2021

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Epclusa - IE&XI PIL (March 2021).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 6 - marketing authorisation holder

Updated on 12 April 2021

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Epclusa - IE&XI SmPC (March 2021).pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 9 - Date of first authorisation/renewal of the authorisation

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 03 September 2020

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Epclusa _SmPC_August 2020.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Addition of joint SPC covering all presentations
  • Change to section 1 - Name of medicinal product
  • Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
  • Change to section 3 - Pharmaceutical form
  • Change to section 4.1 - Therapeutic indications
  • Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
  • Change to section 4.9 - Overdose
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
  • Change to section 5.2 - Pharmacokinetic properties
  • Change to section 6.1 - List of excipients
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 03 September 2020

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Epclusa_PIL_August 2020.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to Section 1 - what the product is
  • Change to section 1 - what the product is used for
  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions
  • Change to section 3 - how to take/use
  • Change to section 6 - what the product contains
  • Change to section 6 - what the product looks like and pack contents
  • Change to section 6 - date of revision

Updated on 27 March 2020

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Epclusa SmPC - March 2020.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 27 March 2020

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Epclusa PIL - March 2020.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions

Updated on 04 March 2020

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Epclusa_SmPC_Jan2020.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 04 March 2020

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Epclusa_PIL_Jan2020.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4 - possible side effects
  • Change to section 6 - date of revision

Updated on 29 October 2019

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Epclusa SmPC October 2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
  • Change to section 5.2 - Pharmacokinetic properties
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 29 October 2019

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Epclusa PIL October 2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions
  • Change to section 6 - date of revision

Updated on 03 October 2019

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Epclusa PIL - September 2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - interactions with other medicines, food or drink

Updated on 03 October 2019

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Epclusa SmPC - September 2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 29 August 2019

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Epclusa PIL - August 2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - contraindications

Updated on 28 August 2019

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Epclusa SmPC - August 2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 01 May 2019

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Epclusa_SmPC_Apr2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 6.3 - Shelf life
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

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Error in previous uploaded of Epclusa SmPC Arp2019

Updated on 01 May 2019

File name

Epclusa_SmPC_Apr2019.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 6.3 - Shelf life
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 12 March 2019

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Epclusa_PIL-Dec2018.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4 - possible side effects
  • Change to section 6 - date of revision

Updated on 11 March 2019

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Epclusa_SmPC_Dec2018.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to Section 4.8 – Undesirable effects - how to report a side effect
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 19 December 2018

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Epclusa PIL -November 2018.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions
  • Change to section 6 - date of revision

Updated on 19 December 2018

File name

Epclusa SmPC - November 2018.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • New individual SPC (was previously included in combined SPC)
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 01 August 2018

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Epclusa SmPC - June 2018.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
  • Change to section 5.3 - Preclinical safety data

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Updated on 14 June 2018

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Epclusa PIL - May 2018.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 6 - marketing authorisation holder

Updated on 11 June 2018

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Epclusa-SmPC-May-2018.docx

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 7 - Marketing authorisation holder

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Updated on 09 March 2018

Reasons for updating

  • New SPC for new product

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Updated on 09 March 2018

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 6.3 - Shelf life

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SPC

·        Section 6.3 – Shelf-life extension from 24 months to 36 months

Updated on 16 October 2017

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 5.3 - Preclinical safety data
  • Update of section 5.3 of the SmPC in order to add non-clinical safety findings based on a 6-month carcinogenicity study conducted with velpatasvir in transgenic mice (Study TX-281-2043).

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

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  • Update of section 5.3 of the SmPC in order to add non-clinical safety findings based on a 6-month carcinogenicity study conducted with velpatasvir in transgenic mice (Study TX-281-2043).

Updated on 14 June 2017

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties

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  • Update section 4.4 to align the Product Information with the review initiated under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and follows cases of hepatitis B re-activation in patients who have been infected with hepatitis B and C viruses, and who were treated with direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C.
  • Update to section 5.1 with recently assigned ATC code
  • Minor administrative change to the local representative details of the Marketing Authorisation Holder for Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia within the PL.

Updated on 09 June 2017

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PIL_16794_294.pdf

Reasons for updating

  • New PIL for new product

Updated on 09 June 2017

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions

Updated on 07 April 2017

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

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Submission of the final CSR for the ASTRAL-5 study:

 

GS-US-342-1202 - A Phase 3, Open-Label Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Sofosbuvir/GS-5816 Fixed Dose Combination for 12 weeks in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Coinfection

 

Updates to section 5.1 of the EU Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) as well as minor administrative changes to certain sections of the EU SmPC and Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) have been included.

 

Study GS-US-342-1202 was detailed in the EU RMP as Category 3 additional pharmacovigilance activity in the Pharmacovigilance Plan. The data provided with this submission fulfils the post-authorisation measure (PAM) and the RMP has been updated to reflect this.

Updated on 05 April 2017

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions
  • Change to section 3 - how to take/use
  • Change to section 4 - how to report a side effect

Updated on 09 December 2016

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction

Legal category:Product subject to medical prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Free text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

·        Update to Section 4.5 Special warnings and precautions to update and include a subsection Patients treated with vitamin K antagonists  ‘ As liver function may change during treatment with Epclusa, a close monitoring of International Normalised Ratio (INR) values is recommended’.

·        Table 3 includes an additional section ‘AntiCoagulants’ and the information that has been included in this section is ‘Close monitoring of INR is recommended with all vitamin K antagonists.  This is due to liver function changes during treatment with Epclusa’.

Updated on 08 December 2016

Reasons for updating

  • Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions

Updated on 09 August 2016

Reasons for updating

  • New SPC for new product

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None provided

Updated on 12 July 2016

Reasons for updating

  • New PIL for new product