Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $28,398
35%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 35%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: epclusa

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Norwegian hepatitis C patients wait for treatment due to medicine monopoly: report

    07/13/2017 9:53:58 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 9 replies
    TheLocal.no ^ | 13 July 2017 14:07 CEST+02:00
    Norwegian hepatitis C patients are waiting longer than they should for medical treatment due in part to a monopoly on its supply, according to a report. Between 15,000 and 20,000 Norwegians live with the chronic condition, which is treated with a 12-week course of medicine. The cost of a 12-week course of the Epclusa medicine in Norway is 540,000 kroner (€57,000), according to the Klassekampen newspaper. American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences owns a monopoly on supply of the medicine in the Scandinavian country, according to the report. […] Ronny Bjørnestad, head of NGO Prolar, which works to improve understanding of...