Bristol’s Virology Focus Turning To Hepatitis B? An Interview With Doug Manion
Executive Summary
At the AASLD conference, Bristol talked up its filing of a two-drug oral combination to treat hepatitis C in Japan, which would be the first oral combo regimen to reach market for the virus. But with plans to end discovery research in HCV, will the pharma focus its virology efforts more on hepatitis B and HIV?
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