IDIX GILD Telbivudine vs Hepsera (Adefovir): these are the 24-week phase-3b data reported at DDW last month. (48-week data will be reported at AASLD in Oct.)
At 24 weeks: mean log reduction in viral load was 6.30 for Telbivudine vs 4.97 for Hepsera; % of patients PCR- negative was 39% for Telbivudine vs 12% for Hepsera.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”