senior analyst says hcv is a sweet spot, page-8

A lot of centres do target the prison population for treatment as they are guaranteed to make their appointments and take their medication. They just can't be in clinical trials. It's a bit risky as they're generally high risk to reinfect themselves, and if that happens its $20,000 wasted, so we try and weed out those who we think are better bets - repeated negative urinary drug screens, those who acknowledge how they were infected (rather than 'I got it off my mate's coffee cup') etc. They're always interesting consultations - nothing like a burly prison guard chained to your patient to alter the ambience...