Greedfighter, it means intermediate is for factories, home compounding is not possible, unlike with some other drugs.
The quality of drug depends on quality control and chemical processes employed by both ingredient and pill manufacturer. Every factory is different, but both Bangladeshi manufacturers have been successful so far at ensuring the quality of the final product.
Gilead produces api in factories in many countries, the data is publicly available.
Gen 1b
VL pre treatment 29000 ME/ml
AST 32 ALT 94, F0
Started treatment 13 January 2017
Generic sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (Incepta)
VL 9 days into treatment <300 (undetected)
AST 13.8 ALT 22
Side effects: mild dehydration, not a problem at all if I drink water at night, nothing to worry about
Diet and gastric ph are very important with velpatasvir. One must think what and when to eat to keep gastric pH low. Side effects disappeared 2 weeks after, unless I ate anything < 4hrs before the pill. SVR60.