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Published 11/03/2009 by Yahoo! Canada


Schering-Plough Reports Potent Antiviral Activity With Narlaprevir (SCH 900518), an Investigational, Once-Daily Protease Inhibitor for Hepatitis C In

BOSTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today reported that interim results from an ongoing Phase IIa study of narlaprevir (SCH 900518), its investigational, once-daily protease inhibitor, demonstrated potent antiviral activity in treatment-naive patients with...

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"These interim results, while preliminary, are very encouraging, and showed that narlaprevir has potent antiviral activity in hepatitis C" said John Vierling...
...of the study. "In this study, once-daily narlaprevir greatly improved viral clearance at week 4 of treatment in genotype 1 hepatitis C infection compared to the control group. We look forward to further results from this ongoing study."

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