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Monday, February 22, 2016

Listen: Australia Hepatitis C treatment coming to PBS

Listen: Hepatitis C treatment coming to PBS

Monday 22 February 2016 5:50PM

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Monday 5.30pm
Repeated: Tuesday 5:30am
Presented by Dr Norman Swan
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Hepatitis C impacts 230,000 Australians.

A direct acting antiviral hepatitis C treatments will be available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from March 2016.

Australia are 18 months behind the U.S. roll out of this treatment - a result of the Australian government's protracted negotiations.

Hepatitis C is a chronic disease that can be cured – Helen Tyrrell, CEO of Hepatitis Australia, sees a possibility of it being eliminated in the next 15-20 years.

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