Preview: EASL 2015, what's left to say in hepatitis C?
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Analysts are expecting much less jubilation at this year's European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) International Liver Congress, due to start on April 22 in Vienna, Austria, compared with last year. Largely, this is because it is hard to improve on the near-100% cure rates seen with the new wave of hepatitis C therapies that were highlighted 12 months ago in London – specifically Gilead's Harvoni (sofosbuvir/ledipasvir) and AbbVie's Viekira Pak (paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir + dasabuvir).