Merck Announces Presentation of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Results of Investigational Chronic Hepatitis C Therapy Grazoprevir/Elbasvir at the International Liver CongressTM 2015

Dateline City: VIENNA Results of C-SALVAGE Study Showed High Sustained Virologic Response Rates in Patients Who Failed Prior Combination Therapy with Certain Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) Agents Results of C-SWIFT Study Provide Proof-of-Concept for Shorter Than Twelve Weeks Duration of Treatment with Triple-DAA Regimen in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotypes 1 and 3 Infection VIENNA – April 25, 2015 – Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the presentation of results from two Phase 2 clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company’s investigational once-daily treatment regimen of grazoprevir (100mg) and elbasvir (50mg)[1] in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Language: English read more
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