MedPage Today: Pancreatitis Forces Halt to HCV Drug Trial

Three cases of acute pancreatitis, one fatal, have led the FDA to put a clinical hold on a trial of an investigational oral drug for hepatitis C called alisporivir, according to the product’s manufacturer.

An official at Novartis broke the news at a press conference held Thursday at the European Association for the Study of the Liver meeting in Barcelona.  Read more here.