Sofosbuvir - Oral Anti-viral Therapy For Hepatitis C | High Cure Rate, Interferon-free Treatment Regimen, Dual And Triple Therapy Options, Shortened Treatment Duration

Sofosbuvir is a drug used for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, with a high cure rate.
Sofosbuvir is a component of the first all-oral, interferon-free regimen approved for treating chronic hepatitis C
In 2013, the FDA approved sofosbuvir in combination with ribavirin (RBV) for oral dual therapy of HCV genotypes 2 and 3, and for triple therapy with injected pegylated interferon (pegIFN) and RBV for treatment-naive patients with HCV genotypes 1 and 4.[4] Sofosbuvir treatment regimens last 12 weeks for genotypes 1, 2 and 4, and 24 weeks for treatment of genotype 3. This is typically half the time as with prior treatments. The label further states that sofosbuvir in combination with ribavirin may be considered for patients infected with genotype 1 who are interferon-ineligible.[5]Sofosbuvir costs have been quoted by the media as $84,000 for 12 weeks of treatment and $168,000 for the 24 weeks, and variously as AL35,000 for 12 weeks in the UK[6] which some patient advocates, such as Dr. Jennifer Cohn of Doctors without Borders and the organization Doctors of the World have criticized as unaffordable.