Nature Medicine
April 2014, Volume 20 No 4 pp319-449
http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v20/n4/index.html
Editorial
The price of good health
Nature Medicine
20, 319 (2014)
doi:10.1038/nm.3538
Published online 07 April 2014
Abstract
Efficacious new drugs to treat hepatitis C virus infection offer the potential to halt this epidemic. But their exorbitant cost may prove prohibitive for most patients in need. Strong patient and government advocacy will be necessary to ensure that accessibility to treatments is a right, not a privilege.