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Breakthrough: FDA Approves First Drug Offering a 'Functional Cure' For Chronic Hepatitis B


There's new hope for the millions of people affected by chronic hepatitis B (CHB), a liver condition that can lead to cancer, scarring, or organ failure, and which is responsible for over a million deaths worldwide each year.

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