J&J advances through PhII with a promising hep C triple and 100% cure rate
Curing hepatitis C is a done deal now. But J&J is stepping through the clinic with a new combo that the pharma giant hopes will prove it can do it all faster, and presumably cheaper, than what’s available now.
In a new batch of data put out Friday morning by J&J partner Achillion $ACHN, J&J’s team scored a 100% cure rate in three cohorts of patients getting a triple combination of odalasvir, AL-335 and Olysio (simeprevir). A fourth cohort that excluded simeprevir achieved a 90% cure rate at SVR12, 12 weeks after treatment. And one of the triplet cohorts achieved 100% cure for 20 patients after just 6 weeks of treatment.
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