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Re:Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectiou... by tyingq on Thursday December 26, 2019 @09:51AM (#21884156)
Harvoni is a combination of Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) and Ledipasvir.

Pharmasset discovered Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi), Gilead acquired them in 2011.

Gilead developed Ledipasvir some time after that.

I was contesting the phrase "literally made a cure for a previously uncureable disease". Which is why I called out the acquisition. They literally bought it, not made it.

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Re:Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectiou... by dghughes on Thursday December 26, 2019 @12:25PM (#21885254)
Here in Canada there is some debate over sofosbuvir and velpatasvir their cost. A person may be cured of hepatitis C in just a few months. That would be fantastic for them since done soon enough may prevent liver fibrosis. And really for the tax payers here in socialized medical land it saves money by not treating infected people for decades.
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