Council Approves Subsidies for Retreatment with 3-Drug Combination Therapies Using Protease Inhibitors Other than Simeprevir

December 4, 2014
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) hepatitis treatment strategy council (chairman: Norio Hayashi, director of Kansai Rosai Hospital) approved medical expense subsidies for the retreatment of hepatitis C using three-drug combination therapies including a protease inhibitor. However, eligibility...read more