Although pegylated alpha interferon and ribavirin will likely be part of the core therapy for chronic HCV for the next several years, there are a number of complimentary antiviral agents in development including protease or polymerase inhibitors, RNA vaccines and immunomodulators (5). However, it would be unlikely to have FDA approval for any of these newer agents before the next 3 - 5 years, i.e. 2010-2012.