Interferon free hepatitis C treatment regimens: the beginning of another era.

Curr Gastroenterol Rep

Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.

Published: February 2012

Hepatitis C is a virus affecting millions worldwide and is a major health risk. With the potentially severe adverse event profile of the current backbone of therapy, interferon, there is an impetus to discover interferon free treatment regimens. With the development of new oral direct acting antivirals, interferon free regimens may be available in the next few years. This article discusses some of the preliminary data from interferon free studies.

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