Video/Vertex Incivek Patient Steve Goodwin On Telaprevir

At SFGate is a video interview with Steve Goodwin a patient who underwent HCV therapy with Incivek, better known as telaprevir. Steve is a genotype 1 null responder, see his video below.

You can read Mr. Goodwins paper on Incivek here.

   

 

Links;

Telaprevir/Incivek Prescribing Information
Medication Guide
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Package Inserts for Peginterferon alfa and Ribavirin

Patient Assistance Program
INCIVEK/Telaprevir and VICTRELIS (Boceprevir) Patient Assistance Programs

FDA May 23, 2011 Teleconference Briefing on Direct Acting Antivirals, Victrelis (boceprevir) and Incivek (telaprevir) transcript
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New two part video from Melissa Palmer, M.D. on Telaprevir (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) & Boceprevir (Merck), the new protease inhibitor treatments for hepatitis C (HCV).

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From The AIDS Beacon

This article is first in a two-part series that will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of two drugs, boceprevir and telaprevir, which are being developed for hepatitis C. Part 1 discusses the efficacy of the two drugs in clinical trials. Part 2 discusses the complications and side effects for each drug