Treating Chronic HCV – The Past
Historical treatment for HCV consisted of interferon
alfa administered three times a week.7 This
medication caused significant side effects and less
than 10% of patients went on to achieve SVR.7 Later,
pegylated versions of interferon became available,
allowing patients to inject once a week. Peginterferon
and the addition of ribavirin significantly increased
patients’ chances of viral clearance and became
the standard of care for over a decade in all HCV
genotypes.7 In 2011, two protease inhibito