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Author Topic: Gilead’s Combo Therapy Cures Hep C in Just Six Weeks  (Read 7650 times)

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Gilead’s Combo Therapy Cures Hep C in Just Six Weeks
« on: August 15, 2014, 12:15:53 pm »
Just six weeks of Gilead Sciences’ hotly anticipated combination pill of ledipasvir and Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), given with or without GS-9669 or GS-9451, cured 95 to 100 percent of people with genotype 1 of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a small pilot study.

By presenting these findings, Gilead has raised the stakes yet again in the fiercely competitive race to bring highly effective, easily tolerated hep C regimens to market, especially considering the fact that the company studied these drug combinations in a difficult-to-treat population. Current preferred therapeutic options entail 12 to 24 weeks of treatment for most people.

Read more: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/six_weeks_2501_25255.shtml

 


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