NICE Backs Hep C Drug Zepatier After Merck Offers Price Discount
Executive Summary
UK HTA gives provisional backing to Merck’s once-daily fixed-dose hepatitis C combo Zepatier after the US drug maker offers an undisclosed price cut.
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