Showing posts with label Incivek (Telaprevir). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incivek (Telaprevir). Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Telaprevir drug shows promise in curing hepatitis C infection

In continuation of my update on Telaprevir...............

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

New drugs (Victrelis and Incivek ) encouraging for African Americans with hepatitis C

Current standard of treatment of interferon and ribavirun has only been effective in curing 38 to 40 percent of patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1. In clinical trials, Victrelis and Incivek, when working in concert with interferon and ribavirun, cured 65 to 75 percent of people with chronic disease and Victrelis-alone doubled the previous cure rate among African Americans......












Victrelis (Boceprevir)             







                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Incivek (Telaprevir)


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