Ravidasvir

Ravidasvir (PPI-668) is an investigational NS5A inhibitor (by Pharco Pharmaceuticals) in clinical trials for chronic hepatitis C genotype 4.

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

Preliminary clinical trial results were announced in Nov 2015. In April 2017, press reports stated that a combination treatment involving ravidasvir and sofosbuvir had achieved a 97% clearup rate against hepatitis C in a clinical trial conducted in Malaysia and Thailand, and 100% in another conducted in Egypt. It has been granted conditional registration by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia.