Are Hepatitis C Drugs Too Expensive?
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 09:21
in Health & Medicine
After 20 years of grueling research, unimaginably effective drugs to treat hepatitis C are hitting the market. They are so good that cure rates (aka sustained virological response, or SVR)—defined as the absence of detectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA six months following cessation of treatment—are approaching 100 percent. Even ten years ago this would have been regarded as science fiction.These drugs are quite expensive. But, are they worth it? read more