Monday, February 29, 2016

Australia - Hep C cures now as cheap as $6.20

Hep C cures now as cheap as $6.20

BY MARGARET SCHEIKOWSKI
MARCH 1, 2016 12:07AM

Breakthrough cheap hepatitis cures are now available to Australians, but many don't even know they have the deadly disease.

Some who do know are unaware of the four different medicines, subsidised by the federal government from March 1, which can cure without the terrible side-effects of previous therapies.

"The drugs themselves are fantastic but they are just a tool," Hepatitis Australia CEO Helen Tyrrell told AAP.

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