Commentary

The price and cost of hepatitis C treatment


 

We hope that price and cost issues will not prohibit large numbers of HCV-afflicted patients from receiving the current therapies and other highly efficacious regimens that will soon be forthcoming.

Dr. Christopher Moore is a fellow in transplant hepatology, and Dr. Steven Flamm is chief of transplantation hepatology and professor of medicine and surgery, at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago. Dr. Moore reported having no conflicts of interest. Dr. Flamm is a speaker for Vertex and Gilead; does research and consults for Abbvie, Vertex, and other companies; and does research for Boehringer Ingelheim.

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