Thursday, October 27, 2016

Over 1 million treated with highly effective hepatitis C medicines

The new medicines have a cure rate of over 95%, fewer side effects than previously available therapies, and can completely cure the disease within three months. But at an initial estimated price of some US$85 000 they were unaffordable even in high-income countries.

From: http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/hepatitis-c-medicines/en/index.html

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