Bristol hep C drug helps cure 97 pct of HIV coinfected patients-study

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Ninety-seven percent of hepatitis C patients also infected with HIV were cured of the liver-destroying virus after 12 weeks of treatment with Bristol-Myers Squibb's daclatasvir and Gilead Sciences' Sovaldi, according to data from a study presented. The results could help put Bristol's hepatitis C program back on track in the United States, following a setback last year. Read more here: bit.ly/1DiouoE