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Sofosbuvir + peginterferon/ribavirin demonstrates virologic response rates in G3 hep C patients

Results from the ground-breaking new BOSON study

2015-04-25
(Press-News.org) April 25, 2015, Vienna, Austria: Results presented today at The International Liver Congress™ 2015 demonstrate that hepatitis C (HCV)-infected genotype-3 (GT-3) patients, with and without cirrhosis, receiving 24 weeks of sofosbuvir (SOF) in combination with ribavirin (RBV) and peginterferon (PEG) achieved the highest sustained virologic response rates at 12 weeks (SVR12), observed in a Phase 3 study, to date.

Among GT-3 patients, SVR12 rates were highest in those receiving SOF+PEG/RBV for 12 weeks (93%) as compared to SOF+RBV for 24 (84%, p = 0.008) or 16 weeks (71%, p END


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[Press-News.org] Sofosbuvir + peginterferon/ribavirin demonstrates virologic response rates in G3 hep C patients
Results from the ground-breaking new BOSON study