title: A SPECIAL MEETING REVIEW EDITION: Advances in the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection from The Liver Meeting 2013: The 64th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver DiseasesNovember 1-5, 2013 • Washington DCSpecial Reporting on:• Simeprevir plus Sofosbuvir with or without Ribavirin Produces High SVR Rates in Genotype 1 HCV Infection• Novel Interferon- and Ribavirin-Free Regimen Results in SVR12 Rates of Over 90% in HCV Genotype 1b Infection• Studies Confirm Efficacy of Adjunctive Simeprevir in Difficult-to-Treat HCV Genotype 1 Subpopulations• All-Oral Therapy with Sofosbuvir Plus Ribavirin Produces High SVR Rates in Patients Coinfected with HCV and HIV• Faldaprevir Combined with Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin Demonstrates High Efficacy in DifficuIt-to-Treat HCV Infection• Once Daily Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir Combination Elicits Rapid Decline in HCV RNAPLUS Meeting Abstract Summaries With Expert Commentary by: Ira M. Jacobson, MDWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, New York.