>This, IMO, goes a long way towards explaining the rapid uptake of entecavir.<
Huh? Entecavir’s sales uptake was far from rapid. Worldwide sales in the first four quarters on the market were $5M, $2M, $5M, and $11M, respectively (#msg-21567340). The reason for the slowness of the uptake has been discussed on this board on numerous occasions.
I just found the site for the conference where Locarnini presented and they have the video , which is a lot better than trying to figure out the transcript.
Also a video and the slides of this :
HBV: Evolving Treatment Paradigms in HIV-HBV Co-Infected Patients Vincent Soriano, M.D., Ph.D.
and video only of :
Small Molecular Inhibitors of HCV Infection: Agents in the Pipeline Marion Peters, M.D.