So, Hep C cured.

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And no clinic trial, 55 years away nonsense either. Thats already been done.

$1,000 Pill For Hepatitis C Spurs Debate Over Drug Prices : Shots - Health News : NPR

Federal regulators this month opened a new era in the treatment of a deadly liver virus that infects three to five times more people than HIV. Now the question is: Who will get access to the new drug for hepatitis C, and when?

The drug sofosbuvir (brand name Sovaldi) will cost $1,000 per pill. A typical course of treatment will last 12 weeks and run $84,000, plus the cost of necessary companion drugs. Some patients may need treatment for twice as long.

Hepatitis researchers call the drug a landmark in the treatment of this deadly infection. More than 90 percent of patients who get the new drug can expect to be cured of their hepatitis C infection, with few side effects.
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Kuriin

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This is not the difficult to treat genotype : 1. However, in combination with Ribavirin and either a protease inhibitor or interferon will have a nearly 100% cure rate on genotype 1.
 
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which one does Pamela Anderson have?
 
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So 1,000 dollars a pill or 1.99 for some garlic? Easy choice, fucking retards.
 
Siddar

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Price is fairly high but overall a cure for disease here will save more money for US health system then the pills will cost. Curing 2.700.000 people in US alone would save huge amounts of money even at 84.000 per patient.

Rest of world will just make pirated version of drug like they always do.

Over all give these people a noble prize and billions in cash for what they have done here and celebrate the human triumph over another disease..
 
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Cost of treatment before death averages to, according to the article irrc $300k per.
 
Siddar

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Cause they die sooner and dont pay taxxes for 20 extra years and they also wrack up medical and welfare bills because of the disease.

All-cause and incremental per patient per year cost associated with chronic hepatitis C virus and associated liver complications in the United States: a managed care perspective: HCV costs double comparison non-HCV patient group

84k is about same cost as treating disease for 8-9 years. When you factor in welfare cost because of these people not being able to work, plus the lost tax revenue from them not working the 84k cost will be repaid in four to five year in most cases.
 
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