Larger proportion of hepatitis C non-responder patients in USA will get telaprevir therapy than boceprevir, study shows

20 January 2010

US gastroenterologists will treat a larger proportion of treatment non-responder hepatitis C patients with Vertex/Tibotec/Mitsubishi Tanabe's telaprevir than Merck & Co's boceprevir, according to news research from Decision Resources.

The study notes that American gastroenterologists indicate that they would prescribe telaprevir to 50% of their hepatitis C non-responder patients. Telaprevir is forecast to earn a 71% patient share in the US hepatitis C non-responder market in 2013.

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