SEVERAL new registered medicines have been added to the Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy database by the TGA.
Additions include brivaracetam and emtricitabine (pregnancy category B3, carfilzomib and venetoclax (category C), irinotecan (category D), sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (category B1) and ledipasvir/sofosbuvir with ribavirin, sofosbuvir/velpatasvir with ribavirin, sofosbuvir with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin together with sofosbuvir with ribavirin (pregnancy category X).
Papaverine has also had its category amended from A to B3.
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