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Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.

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ImKramer 01/03/2014

Gilead Seeks To Expand Its Blockbuster Hepatitis Platforms In 2014
Jan. 3, 2014 2:27 AM ET
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1926391-gilead-seeks-to-expand-its-blockbuster-hepatitis-platforms-in-2014

WarriorGal 01/03/2014

"Gilead announced that it will now seek U.S. approval for a combination of Sovaldi and its newest hepatitis drug -- ledipasvir -- in the first quarter of 2014. The combination of these two drugs could be a "one-two knockout" not just of the disease, but of the competition as well."

YIPPPEE! I'm doing a boogie along with your avatar. i think this is THE BEST news!!! Happy New Year!

Kramer, how long has approval been taking? 6 mos to a year???

ImKramer 01/03/2014

RASS based on Sovaldi, not long. It went to FDA in Oct. 2013 and is here now.
Yes good good news, now the financing. Keep fingers crossed!

ImKramer 01/03/2014

Oh ..........and.........
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

MLTTexas 01/03/2014

I hope and pray that Ledipasvir gets approved and made available very, very soon. I've been waiting too long already, and so have many of you. I am geno 1a, TT.

ImKramer 01/03/2014

Supposedly, one pill a day only

catmagic 01/03/2014

OMG - I hadn't read this one yet. OMG!!!!

This is the BEST NEWS EVER for Geno 1's!!!!
Yes, it is ONE PILL a day! With or without food. NO side effects - at least not for the many people I know who did the trials and got the non-Riba arms.

And it kicks the virus' ass FAST and people who did the trails are remaining SVR - 12 and 24 weeks so far. I suppose a few are not, but the ION trials had hundreds and hundreds of participants.

Right - and now the damn financing.

Hugs to you, Kramer.

TulsaGal 01/03/2014

Put me on the wish list.

catmagic 01/03/2014

So right, MWC - "the gamechanger's gamechanger" indeed.

LoveEachOther 01/03/2014

My mom is on disability and therefore has state insurance, so I wonder if the new meds will be paid for if she decides to treat. I could bet the old meds are covered, but there is no way she will do those again. Or is it better to get into a trial if you are qualified?

Either way, I hope she can get rid of it without the paranoia she now has from taking the interferon back in the '90's.

ImKramer 01/03/2014

That's the question many of us have.

deleted_user 01/04/2014

Hello,

I'm new here, but wanted to express my excitement with the new possible 2014 roll-out of Gilead's treatment. I was never a candidate for the current treatments, so this has been a long awaited time for me. I hope to be able to get this treatment when it is approved. Let's cross our fingers for all us HCV fighters!

hepcme 01/04/2014

lets hope we can afford it too

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