New Treatments in Develop for Hepatitis C

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/business/22hepatitis.html
This article details some of the current research that may lead
to more targeted treatments as regards Hepatitis C that might potentially allow more helpful options.

[Myown]

"New medicines are being developed that are expected to transform the care of patients with hepatitis C, making treatment far more effective and far less grueling."

FAR less grueling ??.:)

But anyhow, people have been waiting a long time for the drugs to be approved and some people don't have much more time to wait as their health is continuing to decline. So it would be nice if these drugs really are approved in the near future.

Good idea for this forum btw.

[ILADVOCATE]

Thanks. Yes that's a good point and sometimes when medications are shown to be effective on conditions or diseases that can otherwise not treatable or extremely hard to treat they can potentially after a review by  the FDA be specifically fast tracked through studies. That has occurred with treatments where there were no options or very little options and were otherwise dangerous or potentially fatal.  http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/byaudience/forpatientadvocates/speedingaccesstoimportantnewtherapies/ucm128291.htm