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Another weapon in the war on HepC

Epclusa, a combination of sofosbuvir and the new drug velpatasvir, has been approved by the FDA to treat 6 major strains of the virus. 99 percent cure rate. You can read more about it at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_159609.html
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Thank you for sharing this WyoSue.  I think this is very exciting for the Geno types that have not had good news in a long time
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