Barring any safety bombshells, a prolific pipeline of direct-acting anti-viral agents (DAAs) is due to start issuing forth options that, when combined, will permit all-oral, interferon-free treatment.
By making future HCV treatment shorter, safer, easier and more effective, says Jonathan Fenkel, MD, director of the hep. C center at Thomas Jefferson University, these protocols "will open the door to many more patients who have declined or deferred treatment."
Commentary: Gilead's agent is the holy grail of HCV treatment
Barring any safety bombshells, a prolific pipeline of direct-acting anti-viral agents (DAAs) is due to start issuing forth options that, when combined, will permit all-oral, interferon-free treatment.
By making future HCV treatment shorter, safer, easier and more effective, says Jonathan Fenkel, MD, director of the hep. C center at Thomas Jefferson University, these protocols "will open the door to many more patients who have declined or deferred treatment."
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