I presume you’re talking about PEARL-3/4 (treatment-naïve GT1b,GT1a) rather than PEARL-2 (treatment-experienced GT1b) since these are the next trials to report and it would be helpful if ABBV/ENTA can dispense with ribavirin in some or all TN patients.
However, PEARL-2 is a wildcard that offers the possibility of an outcome wholly unexpected by anyone on Wall Street: a patient subgroup (TE GT1b) where GILD’s regimen apparently requires ribavirin and ABBV/ENTA’s doesn’t.
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