Thursday, July 27, 2017

Hepatitis drugs more affordable but disease still deadly: WHO

Hepatitis drugs more affordable but disease still deadly: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Prices of drugs to cure hepatitis C and to treat hepatitis B are dropping dramatically, offering affordability and hope to 325 million people living with the viral liver disease that can be fatal, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. A generic antiviral drug for hepatitis C, which can be cured in three months, was placed this week on WHO's list of pre-qualified medicines.
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