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[rkrw]

Those are silly comments. The point is they *think* they can give a sustained viral response in well under a year. If so, that would transform hcv. Current regimen you treat for 3 months and check for a response. If none, you drop out. If yes, you continue for the full 48 weeks. Interferon has terrible side effects. There's a huge population of hcv patients that refuse treatment. There's a huge population of treatment failures that refuse to try again because of interferon effects. If vrtx can cut it down to a few months and increase success, I think patients will find that bearable. hcv treatment is on the way to being transformed imo whether it be vrtx and or someone else. Lots of horses in the race.