AASLD Briefs: Hepatitis C
Executive Summary
Presentations at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases conference included anticipated data from Gilead in hepatitis C genotype 3 patients, results from the COSMOS trial pairing Gilead’s sofosbuvir with Janssen’s simeprevir, Phase II data for Merck’s two-drug DAA combo and findings from an HCV collaboration by Boehringer Ingelheim and Presidio.
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