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Exploring the Case for Eminent Domain of Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Patents
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 28, Number 2, May 2017
- pp. 621-625
- 10.1353/hpu.2017.0062
- Article
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a silent epidemic affecting millions of patients and represents the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States and worldwide. New direct-acting antiviral agents offer the potential to cure patients infected with HCV but it comes at a staggering cost. Given the recent attention to these high-priced HCV therapies and the impact treating individuals with HCV is having on drug expenditures in the United States, there may be a need to revisit drug patent laws and the options the federal government has to ensure patient access to care.