HCV

June 2013 By Tracy Swan Thanks to Jules Levin The pace of, and progress in, hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug development are astonishing. In April 2011, proof-of-concept for safe, effective, peginterferon-free HCV treatment was announced. Since then, numerous trials have…

By Karyn Kaplan and Tracy Swan How can governments and donors effectively address HCV if pharma refuses to drop drug prices?   —Paata Sabelashvili, Activist, Georgian Harm Reduction Network Keeping up with the rapid pace of hepatitis C drug development,…

July 2014 By Tracy Swan Thanks to Jules Levin This update includes presentations from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Meeting, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), the European Association for the Study of…

July 2014 By Tracy Swan BONANZA! The Gold Rush Is Under Way The direct-acting antiviral (DAA) era officially began in late 2013, with approval of the first all-oral treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 2 and 3. A hefty…

July 2015 By Tracy Swan Hepatitis C has to be one of the most grossly miscalculated diseases by governments on the planet. —Michel Kazatchkine, UN secretary general’s special envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and commissioner, Global…

July 15, 2016 By Mark Harrington Due to recent transitions in the TAG HCV Project [1], we did not complete a comprehensive update on hepatitis C virus (HCV) pipeline. Here are a few highlights in HCV regulation, access, and policy…

July 2012 By Karyn Kaplan According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent treaties, all people have a fundamental right to the highest attainable standard of health, as well as a right to the benefits of scientific progress…