Achillion shares soar as potential treatment seen as hep C cure

(Reuters) – Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc said it would test a combination of two of its experimental hepatitis C drugs after they showed promise against the virus in separate studies. The biotechnology company’s shares shot up about 60 percent to $22.76 in premarket trading on Monday. The first study, testing a combination of 50 mg of Achillion’s ACH-3102 and 400 mg of Gilead Sciences Inc’s Sovaldi, showed the regimen sustained a cure in patients for four weeks following therapy. …
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