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Final Results of Ideal Study Presented at Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver EASL

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 12th, 2008

Final results of the IDEAL study, the first large, randomized, clinical study comparing the leading therapies for chronic hepatitis C, were presented today at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), providing important insights that may help guide clinical practice for physicians worldwide treating this serious and potentially life-threatening disease.

The IDEAL study compared combination therapy with PEGINTRON(TM) (peginterferon alfa-2b) and REBETOL(R) (ribavirin, USP) vs. Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) and Copegus (ribavirin, USP),(1) as well as a lower dose of PEGINTRON in an investigational combination with REBETOL....

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-05-12)

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