Among 163 HIV/HCV coinfected patients who were referred to the HIV & Liver Outpatient Clinic at the Medical University of Vienna for evaluation of antiviral therapy, 26 viremic HIV/HCV coinfected patients are now ‘waiting’ until liver disease progresses to fibrosis stage F2 in order to become eligible for reimbursement of IFN-free DAA therapy. This evidence concerns the gene IFNA1 and liver disorder.