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Decision Resources Predicts New Directions in HCV Therapy

The Editors at Hepatitis Central
March 26, 2010

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Based on currently available data and expert opinions, a research and advisory firm projects that the next decade will witness triple and quadruple therapies as the gold standard for treating Hepatitis C.

In 2013, the Telaprevir/peg-IFN-a-2a/ribavirin Regimen Will Earn Decision Resources’ Proprietary Clinical Gold Standard for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment-Naive Patients

In 2018, a Quadruple Therapy Regimen Will Likely Be Widely Used for the Treatment-Naive Patient Population, According to a New Report from Decision Resources

WALTHAM, Mass., March 25 /PRNewswire/ — Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, based on available data and expert opinion, the telaprevir/peg-IFN-a-2a/ribavirin* regimen will earn Decision Resources proprietary clinical gold-standard status for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (treatment-naive population) in 2013, following telaprevir’s approval for the indication in 2011.

The telaprevir/peg-IFN-a-2a/ribavirin regimen will earn gold standard status in 2013 owing to its competitive advantages in efficacy and delivery over all currently available hepatitis C virus therapies. In 2009, Decision Resources’ clinical gold standard for hepatitis C virus (treatment-naive population) was peg-IFN-a-2a/ribavirin.

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