Links/Summaries to 4 new Hep C Articles

September 23, 2011

The Hepatitis C Race Is On: MRK, VRTX, VRUS, ACHN, PFE, IDIX

Small Cap Network

By E. Brumley The race for an effective hepatitis C treatment may not be

as high-profile as, say efforts to find a cure for cancer or HIV. It's a bigger

market than most may imagine though, judging from the number of companies doing

R & D in the ...

See all stories on this topic »Telaprevir Receives European Approval

Medscape

September 21, 2011 — The executive branch of the European Union today approved

the hepatitis C drug telaprevir just 4 months after the US Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) gave its okay. Telaprevir is a direct-acting antiviral

protease inhibitor for ...

See all stories on this topic » GRAMMY® Winner Cole to Spotlight

Hepatitis C Campaign at National ...

MarketWatch (press release)

21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Singer heads to nation's capital to

encourage patient-physician discussion on public health initiative GRAMMY®

winner Cole, who was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C in 2008, will

meet with leading patient ...

Couple sues hospital after he gets her infected kidney

msnbc.com

Doctors transplanted a kidney from Mecannic into Yocabet, her longtime

companion, despite a test that showed she was infected with hepatitis C. She

said she's devastated at the thought she unknowingly gave him a potentially

deadly liver infection. ...

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September 23, 2011