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First Specific Drugs Raise Hopes for Hepatitis CSecurities Industry NewsRegulatory agencies in both the United States and Europe are soon expected to green-light the first two antiviral drugs specifically developed to treat chronic hepatitis C, a treacherous infection that can cause cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer, ...See all stories on this topic »

Increased Mortality Rates Seen In Chronic Hepatitis C Patients With Pre ...Medical News Today (press release)A three-year follow-up study of patients in the Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-term Treatment against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) trial revealed that increased mortality among patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C who received long-term peginterferon therapy ...See all stories on this topic »

Inhibitex 11M Share Offering Priced At 12% DiscountWall Street JournalInhibitex Inc. (INHX) said its 11 million share offering priced at a 12% discount to Wednesday's close as the biopharmaceutical company seeks to raise capital to help fund a Hepatitis C treatment. Shares dropped 4.5% to $4.43 premarket, compared with ...See all stories on this topic »

Triple drug regimen wipes out hepatitis CWindsor StarBy Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News April 7, 2011 4:42 AM A triple drug combination can eliminate hepatitis C in both the newlyinfected as well as the hardest-to-treat patients, according to new research involving more than 100 Canadian patients. ...See all stories on this topic »

Roche and Spanish Collaborators to use 454 to Study Hepatitis Drug ResistanceGenomeWeb Daily NewsThe aim is to apply sequencing "to personalize the antiviral treatment strategies in individuals with chronic hepatitis C or B." The Vall d'Hebron institute acquired a 454 GS FLX in 2009 and said at the time that it would use the system to study ...See all stories on this topic »

Asian Ethnicity May Predict Hep B-Dominant Dual InfectionDoctors LoungeAsians who are infected with both hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus are more likely to have hepatitis B-dominant disease, compared to dually infected non-Asians, according to a study published online March 21 in Hepatology. ...See all stories on this topic »

Irish team identifies hep C risk factorsIrish HealthIrish scientists have identified risk factors in the development of chronic hepatitis C, which may lead to improvements in treatment. Hepatitis C is a common viral infection which can lead to chronic disease associated with liver cirrhosis and failure. ...See all stories on this topic »

Maintain a super organLaSalle News TribuneBy Jeff Dankert Chuck Mueller Jr. of La Salle contracted hepatitis C from a suspected blood transfusion and needed a liver transplant. The first was from his daughter, Liz, but the transplant didnt work and a second liver was needed. ...See all stories on this topic »

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The clock is ticking for IrshadThe News International“The happiest day of my life was the day I got promoted from ACCA Inter to ACCA Finals,†said Mohammad Irshad, a 30 year-old patient diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Hailing from a poor family of tehsil Katlang in district Mardan, Irshad's father was a ...See all stories on this topic »

Brown, call for VA dental task forceDayton Daily News“We must determine how, for more than 18 years, the VA allowed patient care to erode to the point where hundreds of patients at Dayton had to be tested for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV because they were exposed to blood borne pathogens as a result ...See all stories on this topic »