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Hep C Drug Boceprevir is Faster and Better

The Editors at Hepatitis Central
May 4, 2011

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The FDA reported encouraging news regarding Merck’s Hepatitis C drug, boceprevir.

FDA says Merck hepatitis drug a faster cure

April 26, 2011 | By David Sell, Inquirer Staff Writer

Merck researchers in North Wales and Kenilworth, N.J., received some tentative but good news Monday when Food and Drug Administration staff members reported that Merck’s drug to fight the hepatitis C virus cured most patients faster and more completely than older medications during clinical trials.

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