Eurico Castro Alves was speaking at the end of a meeting with the administrators of all hospital that treat hepatitis C in Portugal, Infarmed and the secretary of state of health.


Alves said that an agreement had been signed with the laboratory that makes Sofosbuvir and the drug is now 100% state subsidised.
The Infarmed chairman said that all patients who needed the treatment would receive the drug and added that there are currently 602 receiving Sofosbuvir.


He also said that 44 patients had already been treated thanks to this therapy.