This is the initial Viread approval in the US for HBV. <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080811/20080811006425.html" target="_blank">http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080811/20080811006425.html</a> GILD will now cease promotion of Hepsera for the simple reason that Viread works better. <!--Beg_Sig--> “The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”