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Disparities in Access to HCV Positive-Donor/HCV Negative-Recipient Transplant

from Nephrology Times

Disparities in Access to HCV Positive-Donor/HCV Negative-Recipient Transplant Nephrology Times Following successful pilot trials of transplanting organs from hepatitis C virus viremic donors into HCV-negative recipients, there has been an expansion of the practice. Direct-acting antiviral therapies are costly, creating barriers to insurance coverage approvals, particularly in transplantation from HCV positive donors to HCV-negative recipients, due in part to off-label treatment of acute HCV following intentional HCV transmission. READ MORE

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