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New protease inhibitors for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Annals of internal medicine - 21 Feb 2012
Liu Shan, Cipriano Lauren E, Holodniy Mark, Owens Douglas K, Goldhaber-Fiebert Jeremy D
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BACKGROUND: Chronic hepatitis C virus is difficult to treat and affects approximately 3 million Americans. Protease inhibitors increase the effectiveness of standard therapy, but they are costly. A genetic assay may identify patients most likely to benefit from this treatment advance. OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost-effectiveness of new protease inhibitors and an interleukin (IL)-28B genotyping assay for treating...
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