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Hepatitis C Drug Telaprevir Raises Cure Rate

Article Date: 2010-05-26 Updated: Category: Web -

Adding the experimental hepatitis C drug telaprevir to standard interferon/ribavirin therapy cured 75% of newly treated patients and shortened treatment time, drug maker Vertex announced.

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Hepatitis C Drug Raises Cure Rate in a Late Trial - NYTimes.com
About three-quarters of the patients who got a standard dose of the Vertex Pharmaceuticals drug in combination with the current existing treatment were essentially cured.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/health/research/26drug.html?src=me&ref=health

Infectious Disease News Blog from medicineworld.org
... generation protease inhibitors, including the drug ritonavir, block GLUT4, a protein that transports glucose from the blood into the cells ... Hepatitis C cure rate improves For patients with the most common form of hepatitis C being treated for the ...
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Advanced Telaprevir Trial Cures 75 Percent of HCV | Hepatitis Central ...
... telaprevir becoming widely available soon has just grown since Vertex's recent announcement that ... http://www.vrtx.com/current-projects/drug-candidates/telaprevir-VX-950.html, Telaprevir (TX-950), Retrieved June 19, 2010, Vertex ...
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The second word in the story is "experimental." It talks about the drug being in three different Phase 3 clinical trials and about the company looking forward to applying for approval from the FDA.
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Hepatitis C Drug Raises Cure Rate in a Late Trial - NYTimes.com
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/health/research/26drug.html?src=me&ref=general


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