(Reuters) -
Gilead Sciences is seeking to convince governments and multilateral
agencies worldwide that hepatitis C can be eliminated with a
demonstration project in Georgia offering free drugs to all those who
need them.
The unprecedented program will
make the Caucasian country a testbed for uprooting the liver-destroying
disease, using Gilead's highly effective but costly pill Sovaldi, plus
its newer product Harvoni once approved.
Georgia
has the world's third highest prevalence of hepatitis C, after Egypt
and Mongolia, with nearly 7 percent of adults carrying the virus. It
also has a wide range of viral variations and different types of
patients.
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