First one needs to await the stability of the HDV CLEARANCE after stopping the treatment. This can only be judged after at least 6 month of follow up.Currently it seems plausible that 5 out of the 11 fully treated patients might have a true SVR for hdv and hbv. But even in these cases we will need to wait and see.
If it is possible that the currently hdv neg patients that are not expected to stably seroconvert the hbsag will still have selectively lost hdv remains to be seen. It is unlikely and would represent a true sensation if possible.
i dont know fast track. is it requiring little money and small trials for approval?
I don't think so cure for hdv may be treated as orphan drug, because it's a lof of people infected to test on. I think we should aim for fast track procedure.
i am not expert on those website but we just need to put out a text for hdv that can have orphan drug approval and then mention this drug can cure hbv too
of course they cannot split hdv from hbv and orphan drug can be achieved anyway
we can also mention that this cure will cut many drug makers income from antivirals so it needs to be pushed by us
Stef and Stephen What do you think of Mer971 suggestion?
Just to play devils advocate for a moment.
Why do a petition whilst Replicor are clearly moving forward with their trials?
I'll sign your petition if you put one together guys.
I haven't checked those sites yet, but it would be important feature that petition would have language versions, most of hbv infected people are non english speakers I guess.