S-P’s Boceprevir Shows Promise in HCV

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Schering-Plough reported results from a planned interim analysis of an ongoing Phase II study of boceprevir, its investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, in 595 treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1. The ongoing study evaluates boceprevir in 28-week and 48-week treatment regimens.     In the 28-week treatment regimen, patients received 4 weeks of Pegintron (peginterferon alfa-2b) and Rebetol (ribavirin, USP) prior to the addition of boceprevir. T...

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