Merck's HCV Strategy Might Be: Get To Market, Then Improve Incrementally
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Labeling for intravenous drug users with hepatitis C might be an important niche indication while Merck gets triple combination NDA ready.
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