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Hi Don do more people have Hep B or Hep C, the article on Asia was interesting, I felt sad reading it

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On Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Christ wrote:

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5 new results for hepatitis c

On the long, hard road to a breakthroughBoston Globe(Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe) By Carolyn Y. CAMBRIDGE — Fifteen years ago, Boger received a call from a team of scientists one floor down at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. who were searching for the key to hepatitis C, ...See all stories on this topic »

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Asia's problem with chronic hepatitisExaminer.comThese viruses constitute a major global health risk with around 350 million people being chronically infected with hepatitis B and around 170 million people being chronically infected with hepatitis C. According to the CDC, Hepatitis B is a contagious ...See all stories on this topic »

Rearranging the Corporate DNABoston GlobeApproval for telaprevir — a drug aimed at curing hepatitis C — would hasten Vertex's transition from a research and development company that invested some $4 billion in drug discovery over the past two decades to an integrated research and commercial ...See all stories on this topic »

Now comes the hard part: marketing an unknownBoston GlobeHe does admit it was a gamble to trade Merck & Co. for Vertex — and uproot his family — before telaprevir, Vertex's potential blockbuster drug to treat hepatitis C, has won approval from regulators. “There's some risk from a career perspective,'' ...See all stories on this topic »

As science turns from chimp research, US wants to restart itKansas City StarCalling chimps crucial to advancing hepatitis C research, the NIH wants to ship them from the facility in New Mexico to the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San . The director of the Texas institute's primate facility called chimps "a ...See all stories on this topic »

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10 new results for hepatitis c

AM Vitals: Merck and Roche in Hepatitis C Drug Marketing PactWall Street Journal (blog)By Hobson Hepatitis Tie-Up: Roche will promote Merck's newly approved hepatitis C drug Victrelis alongside two of its own therapies used against the virus as part of a non-exclusive US marketing agreement that could expand to other countries, ...See all stories on this topic »

FDA Approved Rapid Antibody Test for Hepatitis CEmpowHerBy Mamta Singh HERWriter May 18, 2011 - 11:08am One confirmatory diagnostic test for hepatitis C is the Rapid Antibody Test (RAT). Since the symptoms of hepatitis A, B, C, D and E overlap, it is possible that a misdiagnosis will occur until a blood ...See all stories on this topic »

Hepatitis C has Fuzzy Sayers near the endCANOESayers, who was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2005 -- and likely contracted the disease many years before his diagnosis -- is on a crusade, urging all wrestlers to get tested for the virus and for promoters to stop using blood as a storytelling tool. ...See all stories on this topic »

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Pill Burden a Key Concern With New Chronic Hepatitis C DrugsMarketwire (press release)"With only one chance at success with this therapeutic approach, RIBASPHERE RIBAPAK represents an invaluable insurance policy for a treatment combination which could transform the enormous public health risks of hepatitis C." Hepatitis C is a liver ...See all stories on this topic »

Hepatitis C cluster found in HIV-positive menSydney Star ObserverCommunity health organisations have expressed concern at a cluster of hepatitis C diagnoses among HIV-positive gay men in Melbourne. Monitoring by the n Department of Health has shown that between May 2010 and April 2011, 37 HIV-positive gay ...See all stories on this topic »

Hepatitis C – You May Not Know If You Are Infected!The Meaford IndependentFor Barb Hopkins, it was a work-related needle stick injury that exposed her to the Hepatitis C virus. Barb was one of the 80 per cent of exposed persons that do not get rid of the virus and go on to develop chronic infection. ...See all stories on this topic »

'Hepatitis awareness lacking'Daily News & AnalysisDr Joshi further added, “Many people generate the capacity to clear out the hepatitis B virus on their own. However, it is important for the family members to get screened as not everyone generates the immunity.†In hepatitis C cases, ...See all stories on this topic »

WHO estimates 10 million patients in PakistanThe Nation, PakistanAround four to five million people in Pakistan are suffering from Hepatitis B and about four to six million suffer from Hepatitis C. Faisalabad due to industries located inside the jurisdiction of the city was one of major hit city in Punjab and other ...See all stories on this topic »

Rising Prevalence of Hepatitis C Driving Russian Pharma MarketYour-Story.org (press release)According to our latest research report “Russian Pharma Sector Forecast to 2013â€, the prevalence of Hepatitis C has been steadily increasing in Russia that causes a large number of deaths annually. The key reasons responsible for this are augmented ...See all stories on this topic »

FDA Approves Merck's VICTRELISâ„¢ (boceprevir), First-in-Class Oral Hepatitis C ...VAdvert Press Center (press release)Merck (NYSE:MRK) (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VICTRELISâ„¢ (boceprevir), the company's innovative new medicine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis

C ...See all stories on this topic »