new wave

The late-trial success of telaprevir has given medical experts reason to believe a new wave of drugs could lead to far better treatment outcomes for patients who have the virus.

CALL it a dot.com revival, a throwback to the late 1990s, when Web start-ups were mushrooming everywhere. More than 200 such outfits have popped up lately, up from just a handful just three years ago, estimates a group called Entrepreneur27 (e27).