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New Hepatitis C Drugs Close to Gaining FDA ApprovalBusinessWeekTHURSDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Two new drugs that could change the way hepatitis C is treated have been unanimously recommended for approval by a panel of US health experts. On Thursday, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted ...See all stories on this topic »

FDA panel unanimously backs Vertex's Hep C drug telaprevirFierceBiotechIn an 18-0 vote, an FDA advisory committee has voted to recommend approval of Vertex's ($VRTX) telaprevir for people with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C. The vote comes a day after the same panel offered its unanimous support for Merck's hepatitis C ...See all stories on this topic »

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALLas Vegas Review - Journal"I feel betrayed," said Rushing, who ran Desai's endoscopy clinics at the center of a hepatitis C outbreak. "I feel like a pawn. I don't know who to trust anymore." In an interview, Rushing said she not only cooperated with the district attorney's ...See all stories on this topic »

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame honours 6CBC.caTyrrell and his colleagues developed a mouse model to test potential drugs against hepatitis C. In 2010, he secured the University of Alberta's largest donation, enabling him to found the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology.See all stories on this topic »

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Merck 1Q Net Soars Amid Fewer Charges; Core Results Top ViewsWall Street Journal(Adds comments from Merck CEO about R & D spending, non-pharmaceutical businesses beginning in 5th paragraph; details about Merck hepatitis C drug beginning in 8th graph; analyst reaction in 19th graph; updates stock price.) By Loftus Of DOW JONES ...See all stories on this topic »

Making the most of the time that is leftABC OnlineA noted researcher in the fields of alcohol and drug treatment, HIV and Hepatitis C, had just returned from a conference in Brisbane when he noticed something was a little out of sorts. What began as a brief difficulty in picking up a brief case ...See all stories on this topic »

Just Like a Junkie: When Your Doctor Uses Dirty NeedlesAbout.com: HealthAnd while those are global statistics (the rates aren't nearly as high in the US), more than 125000 Americans have been exposed to hepatitis C because their doctor or nurse or whomever injected them, reused a needle that had been used on someone else. ...See all stories on this topic »

Warning issued over Bowmanville tattoo parlourToronto StarThe warning states there is a “relatively low risk†that use of needles that have not been sterilized could pass diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, although the department said it had not received any transmission reports related to the ...See all stories on this topic »

National briefs for April 29Richmond Times DispatchFederal health experts say an experimental hepatitis C drug from Massachusetts-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a significant step forward in treating the virus, despite a high rate of rashes among patients. The Food and Drug Administration's panel ...See all stories on this topic »