Tag Archives: generic hepatitis c

Confirmed: Hep C treatment saves lives

So back in late 2017 the Cochrane Collaboration made the bold claim that treatment with Direct Acting Antivirals did not have any measurable impact on clinical outcomes. While the medical profession as a whole expressed a large and collective WTF sentiment new research published in the Lancet – “Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis […]

Bioequivalent pharmacokinetics for generic and originator hepatitis C direct-acting antivirals

They say (who are they anyway?) “If it seems to good to be true it probably is”. When it comes to generic Hepatitis C medication some people struggle with the idea that something like Harvoni® with a list price of $94,000 USD could be manufactured for under $1000 USD. Surely if the original costs $94,000 […]

We have the power to FixHepC, but the real question is…

Thanks to Marty2Bulls for the butterfly

We have the power to FixHepC, but the real question is… Do we have the willpower? This was how Dr James Freeman ended his presentation at the World Hepatitis Summit in Brazil. You can watch the full presentation on YouTube. In essence, if we applied the same effort to HCV as we do to HIV […]

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