Outsourcing and Subcontracting at Colleges and Universities: What You Need to Know. Many colleges and universities across the country are outsourcing or subcontracting, to private companies, various institutional functions and services in an effort to cut costs, and/or improve efficiency.
Hepatitis C, which afflicts some 150 million people globally, often without symptoms for years, can cause fatigue and fever, cirrhosis or liver cancer. The pill, known as Sovaldi, or generically as sofosbuvir, costs $84,000 for a standard 12-week course of treatment.
TREATMENT SIDE EFFECT MANAGEMENT. 1. June 2014: Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment has dramatically improved with the introduction. of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). Current treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. (HCV) can cure up to 95% of patients who undergo antiviral therapy. However, HCV medica-. tions have troublesome side effects, which can lead to dose reduction or discontinuation of. therapy.