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Friday, December 16, 2011

Merck and Roche team up for hepatitis C studies

The first study will look at a regimen based on Merck's recently-approved oral NS3/NS4a inhibitor Victrelis (boceprevir) alongside Roche's investigational NS5B inhibitor mericitabine (RO5024048) and already-marketed drugs Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) and Copegus (ribavirin).

The phase II study - called DYNAMO 1 - will enrol adult patients with HCV genotype 1 infection who have failed to respond to prior treatment with peginterferon alfa/ribavirin therapy.

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