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Programs May Curb Hepatitis C in Drug UsersFox NewsPrograms that give injection drug users clean needles or safer drug substitutes may help cut their odds of contracting the liver infection hepatitis C, a new study suggests. The hepatitis C virus is passed through contact with infected blood. ...See all stories on this topic »

New Hep C drug reduces treatment timeCBC.caPerformer Pamela announced she has hepatitis C in 2002. A new drug is helping to reduce treatment time, researchers have found. JP Moczulski/Canadian Press Adding a new hepatitis C drug to standard medications improves the effectiveness of ...See all stories on this topic »

Vertex Hepatitis Drug Takes Early Lead Over Rival From MerckWall Street JournalBy Loftus Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (VRTX) new hepatitis C drug Incivek has taken an early lead over rival drug Victrelis from Merck & Co. (MRK) in what is expected to become a multibillion-dollar market. ...See all stories on this topic »

Extended therapy for hepatitis CClinical AdvisorA patient who is being treated for hepatitis C genotype 1a did not achieve an early viral response to interferon and ribavirin therapy at four weeks. However, a steady slow drop with resulting nondetectable viral load did occur at week 20 of a 48-week ...See all stories on this topic »

PAKISTAN: Health personnel spread hepatitisIRINnews.orgLAHORE, 29 June 2011 (IRIN) - A year after Muhammad Ahsan's elder brother, Muhammad Rafiq, 40, died of hepatitis C, the family has learnt that the widow, Amna Bibi, 35, has also contracted the infection. “We spent over Rs 150000 [uS$1764] on my ...See all stories on this topic »

Research and Markets: A Hepatitis C Global Clinical Trials Review for Q2, 2011 ...Business Wire (press release)GlobalData's clinical trial report, Hepatitis C Global Clinical Trials Review, Q2, 2011 provides data on the Hepatitis C clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Hepatitis C. It ...See all stories on this topic »

Whitby woman with hepatitis C charged after man bittenNewsdurhamregion.comPolice say the 46-year-old suspect is a hepatitis C carrier and she was also charged with failing to comply with her probation order. The altercation occurred on Tuesday at roughly 8:40 pm at a Dunlop Street apartment complex, where police say there ...See all stories on this topic »

Shortening of treatment duration in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype ...7thSpace Interactive (press release)Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) Patients, infected with genotype (GT) 2 or 3 are treated with Peg-IFN and ribavirin (RBV) (800 mg/day) for 24 weeks. Treatment duration can be shortened to 12-16 weeks if a higher dose of RBV

(1.000/1.200 mg/day) was used ...See all stories on this topic »

Ligand gets $10 million in credit lines from bankSignOnSanDiego.comUnlike most drug companies in the region that have a small number of experimental therapies in the pipeline, Ligand is working on at least 26 drugs — mostly with larger pharmaceutical partners — for treating hepatitis C, Alzheimer's disease, ...See all stories on this topic »