6 New Links to Hep C Articles

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Vertex signs $1B lease at Boston's Fan Pier

Bizjournals.com

The move, which is still contingent on regulatory approval of Vertex's hepatitis

C therapy, telaprevir, would enable the company to consolidate its operations

into two adjacent buildings in South Boston, from the 10 it now occupies

throughout East ...

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Hepatitis C rising among young adults in Mass.

Boston Globe (blog)

By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff Throughout the general population, the rate of

Hepatitis C infection in Massachusetts has been dropping or level for years. But

among young adults, the liver disease is on the rise, according to a report

today from the ...

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Hepatitis-C spreading in RYK

Frontier Post

RAHIMYAR KHAN (INP): Two persons died of Hepatitis-C and 10 other affected of

the disease have been hospitalized. A youngster drowned in canal while five

others including a woman were injured in separate road accidents. Two attempt to

commit suicide ...

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Vertex finalizes move to Fan Pier

Boston Globe

The deal is still contingent on approval of Incivek, Vertex's treatment for

hepatitis C. An advisory committee unanimously recommended FDA approval of the

drug last week, and the agency is scheduled to vote on the matter May 23. ...

Genetic variation associated with response to hepatitis C therapy in HIV co

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The presence of a genetic variation in the IL28b gene is associated with better

response rates to hepatitis C therapy in patients who are co-infected with HIV

and hepatitis C, Spanish investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. ...

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Signs of Rise in Hepatitis C Cases Among Young

WebMD

By Bill Hendrick May 5, 2011 -- Hepatitis C infections are rising among

adolescents and young adults in Massachusetts, apparently in part due to needle

sharing that spreads the virus, the CDC says in a new report. There is reason to

believe, ...

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