Today the Washington Post reported that two Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech firms reported impressive results from hepatitis C studies. “Vertex, developing what many experts perceive to be the most potent of the new hepatitis medicines, said yesterday that when the pill was combined in a small, early-stage study with an existing treatment, the drug cut the amount of hepatitis C virus in patients’ bodies to a minuscule fraction of its prior level in just two weeks of treatment. In past studies, dramatic drops in the amount of virus have been a prelude to cures in many patients, but it has often taken months if it happened at all.” Read the story here.