USE OF RIBAVIRIN FOR PREPARING A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING IN COMBINATION WITH INTERFERON ALPHA NAIVE PATIENTS HAVING CHRONIC HEPATITIS C INFECTION

摘要

Use of ribavirin and interferon alpha to prepare pharmaceutical compositions for treating antiviral treatment naive patient having chronic hepatitis C infection to eradicate detectable HCV-RNA involving a combination therapy using a therapeutically effective amount of ribavirin and a therapeutically effective amount of interferon-alpha for a time period of from 20 up to 50 weeks are disclosed.