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Phase III results of Boceprevir in treatment naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Feb 2012
Manns Michael P, Markova Antoaneta A, Calle Serrano Beatriz, Cornberg Markus
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INTRODUCTION: Chronic hepatitis C virus infection affects approximately 2% of the world population and can result in cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Until 2011, the standard of care (SOC) has been therapy with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV). Sustained virologic response rates (SVR) after SOC in patients infected with genotype 1 have been 40-50%. The development of new direct...
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