Malaysia to make drug to treat Hepatitis C


KUALA LUMPUR: Treatment for Hepatitis C will get a significant boost in the country with a drug to be produced locally.

Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said the drug, ravidasvir, would be produced in a joint venture between Pharmaniaga (M) Bhd and Pharco Corp of Egypt.

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