The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1517
March 27, 2017
Obeticholic Acid (Ocaliva) for Primary Biliary Cholangitis
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Obeticholic Acid (Ocaliva) for Primary Biliary Cholangitis
March 27, 2017 (Issue: 1517)
Obeticholic acid (Ocaliva – Intercept), a farnesoid X
receptor agonist, has been approved by the FDA for
treatment of primary biliary cholangitis; it is indicated
for use in combination with ursodeoxycholic acid
(ursodiol, UDCA; Urso, and...more
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