Julio Ochoa Transcript January 2, 20184:13 PM ET
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When a hepatitis C treatment called Harvoni was released in 2014, Dr. Ronald Cirillo knew it was big.
"It's the reason that dragged me out of retirement!" he says.
Cirillo specialized in treating hepatitis C for more than 30 years in Stamford, Conn., before retiring to Bradenton, Fla. During his time in Connecticut, the only available treatment for hepatitis C had terrible side effects and it didn't work very well. It cured the viral infection less than half the time. But the newer drugs Harvoni and Solvaldi cure almost everybody, with few adverse reactions.
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