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Weekly Dose: sofosbuvir – what's the price of a hepatitis C cure?

  • Written by Greg Dore, Professor, UNSW Australia
imageAt over $1,300 a pill, a cure for hepatitis C comes at a high price. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Sofosbuvir is one of a number of new direct-acting antiviral drugs revolutionising the care of people living with hepatitis C. Combinations of two or three hepatitis C virus direct-acting antiviral drugs taken for 8-24 weeks can cure more than 90% of...

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