AbbVie next-generation hepatitis C drugs look promising in early studies

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AbbVie's investigational HCV protease inhibitor ABT-493 and NS5A inhibitor ABT-530 demonstrated good antiviral activity in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C in a three-day monotherapy study, as well as potent and synergistic activity against multiple HCV genotypes in laboratory replicon studies, according to presentations at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting held recently in Boston. Read here: aidsmap.com/page/2940936/