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Australia leads the world in hepatitis C treatment – what's behind its success?

  • Written by Greg Dore, Professor, Head of the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
imageTens of thousands of Australians have been cured of Hepatitis C since March 2016.from shutterstock.com

The Australian government has listed yet another drug to cure hepatitis C on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The drug Epclusa® – a combination of sofosbuvir 400mg and velpatasvir 100mg – is the first of the direct-acting...

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