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mallani


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Hi Rebeca,

It continues to be frustrating for you. It's the same here.

Sovaldi has been approved for use in Australia, but the Government refuses to fund it. So, you can get it, if you're rich.

For some strange reason, the Government has agreed to fund Olysio. However Olysio/Peg/Riba is no better than the early antiproteases, so Hepatologists are not prescribing it.

We're waiting for AbbVie. Cheers.



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Geno 1b, IL28B CT,  x3 prior relapser,  ex-cirrhotic, 75 yo, did 48 weeks with Victrelis/Peg./Riba.  VL 1.28m at start, UNDET. at 8 ,12 ,16 ,24 ,30  and 48 weeks.  EOT 15 Feb 2013 , UNDET. at EOT + 28 weeks. SVR!  Still Undet. at EOT +5 years

Malcolm
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Hello Rebeca, good to hear from you.

Unfortunately this is a very common situation with other European countries too. 

This is the only recent article I could find, which just says that the drug will be made on available on prescription from the National Health Service in Spain this week, on wed 1st October, after the health ministry reached an agreement over the price, but no details about the recommended treatment restrictions..

 

http://hcvadvocate.blogspot.ca/2014/09/spain-expensive-hepatitis-c-drug-with.html

Do you have a link to any further information, please Rebecca, or can you post when you hear more?

And yes, you`re quite right about the situation in Australia.  It`s very disappointing but comes down to the cost, unfortunately. 

You have time to wait, so try not to be too downhearted! 

 

 

 

 



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Jill 

(71 yo, lives in UK)

Was Gen 3a, 

24wks Peg Ifn/Riba, Sep 2010 - Mch 2011

UND @ Wk.4, UND @ EOT, 

SVR Nov 2011 --> Still UND @ EOT + 4 yrs.

 

 
rebeca


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Spain´s health ministry has reach an agreement with the drug company to be able to offer Sovaldi  to some patients.

The new is really good, but don´t think that we can all get it. It will be offer to patients in one of those conditions:

- They have a liver transplant and they are reinfected

- They are on the list to receive a transplant

-They have a severe cirrosis (treatment failure)( they will make a commission to assess whether cirrosis is very serious).

Patient associations estimate that there are between 8000 and 5000 persons in that situation in Spain, but we don´t know more at the moment.

On the other hand,  Simeprevir is posible to offer in Spain since July, but in practise, they are not prescribed to anyone. We think that you can get it if you have a F4, but we don´t know.

People with mild disease (F2-F3),and genotype 1, at the moment, we can only access the dual therapy ( INT+RIBA).

AND WHAT´S ABOUT AUSTRALIA? I´ve read that Government refuses subsidy for hepatitis C medication, Sovaldi.



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52 yo. Genotype 1a. 1.500.000 VL. Fibroscan : 8 . Probably I infected in 80s. I´ve never been treated. I've started Harvoni, 9/02/2015. 12 weeks. 
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