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Previous HCV Non-Responders Win in Phase III Telaprevir Study

Sep 15, 2010

An international, Phase III study reports that 65 percent of previous non-responders with the most common Hepatitis C genotype achieved a sustained viral response with a telaprevir-based regimen. These results are dramatic, compared to the mere 17 percent of sustained viral response by those who received pegylated-interferon and ribavirin alone.

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Telaprevir Improves and Shortens Hepatitis C Treatment

Aug 11, 2010

Due to recently released Phase III trial results, telaprevir has a better chance of gaining FDA approval by 2011. Researchers found that adding telaprevir to pegylated interferon and ribavirin takes half the time to achieve superior results than does standard Hepatitis C therapy.

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