Monday 10 November 2014

Merck 4-week hep C regimen with Gilead's Sovaldi comes up short

Branch of drugs and chemicals group Merck is pictured in central German city of Darmstadt By Bill Berkrot (Reuters) - An attempt by Merck & Co to shorten hepatitis C treatment to just four weeks by adding Gilead Sciences Inc's huge selling Sovaldi to its own oral two-drug combination came nowhere near the desired efficacy due to a high rate of relapses, according to interim data from a midstage study. Several companies have been working to find ways to further reduce the number of weeks of treatment needed, while keeping cure rates above 90 percent. ...




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