HCV20 Apr 2020 02:11
710,000 people die of HepC every year. GDR are first to market with their essays for this. If their covid tests can help get the company funded (CV19 deaths 168,000 so far) then this will go a long way to tackling HCV, already a massive worldwide problem.
The availability of an accurate, point-of-need diagnostic remains the first step in tackling HCV infection, which causes disease in an estimated 71 million people globally. Despite the existence of curative antiviral drugs, lack of diagnosis and poor access to these medicines results in annual mortality rates of almost 1% of those infected. HCV-ID remains a very valuable product, and being the first-to-market point-of-need test, management seems reasonable in its expectation of an increase in demand going forward, subject to funding for treatment becoming available in the market.