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Retreatment Indication for Infergen

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Old 07-21-2010, 02:52 PM
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Default Retreatment Indication for Infergen

How are Plans updating their Hepatitis C prior authorization policies in response to Infergen's new FDA-approved indication for for retreatment of Hepatitis C in patients who did not respond to pegylated interferon and ribavirin?

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Old 07-27-2010, 05:06 PM
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Default Re: Retreatment Indication for Infergen

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"We decided not approve retreatment based on this study because it is only one open label study & has many flaws. The reported efficacy does not warrant daily treatment with an interferon (cost & side effects)"
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