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Pharmacists boost adherence in hepatitis C patientsModernMedicineThe involvement of specialty pharmacists and nurses increased medication adherence in patients with hepatitis C (HCV), recent research has reported. Accredo Health Group, the specialty pharmacy arm of Medco Health Solutions, found that patients ...See all stories on this topic »

J & J's success with Hep C partners might hit a snagFierceBiotech & ($JNJ) is one of the best in the business at tapping outside developers for new drugs, but the Big Pharma's success on this front in the hepatitis C arena appears have brought with it some controversy. Even though its Hep C drug is ...See all stories on this topic »

Cebu GI Group to mark World Hepatitis DayPhilippine StarHepatitis B and C are two such viruses and together kill approximately one million people a year. According to WHO, approximately 500 million people worldwide have either hepatitis B or hepatitis C. This represents one in 12 people and was the basis ...See all stories on this topic »

Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explainedScience NewsThe research, published July 13 in Science Translational Medicine, could help refine therapies for HIV and other viruses such as hepatitis C. Slightly boosting the dose of some HIV drugs has a profound effect if those drugs are attacking multiple ...See all stories on this topic »

No easy answer in battle against C. diffStoney Creek NewsBut it was Hepatitis C that ended his life. We found out later the highly infectious disease was lingering in his body, planted there after a tainted blood transfusion during a hernia operation in the '80s. One day the disease woke from its ambuscading ...See all stories on this topic »

First Malpractice Trial Over Contaminated VA Endoscopes BeginsOutpatientSurgery.netErvin , attorney for 69-year-old Air Force veteran Metzler, said during opening arguments in federal court Monday that his client contracted hepatitis C when he was "scoped by a dirty scope" at a Miami VA hospital in 2007, ...See all stories on this topic »

Aiken woman suing federal government for alleged contraction of disease at VA ...WRDW-TVBut in a September 2008 visit, she says she contracted hepatitis C after a laryngoscopy. She's suing for medical malpractice to the tune of $10 million. The complaint says that's partly because Yarzebinski has a blood disorder that will make it ...See all stories on this topic »

Roundtable: The Biggest Risks in BiotechMotley FoolSure, the drugs -- two phase 2 compounds and one phase 1 molecule -- treat hepatitis C, a very large market, and the data that has been presented looks good. The company even convinced & (NYSE: JNJ ) to team up. ...See all stories on this topic »

Defendant under the Impudent case suffers bad teeth, another one – cirrhosisFocus NewsExpert witness Grozeva explained that the defendant has been in contact with a person with Hepatitis C, and has produced antibody. Petkov had his gall-bladder taken out, which requires to put him on special diet. The expert's report also states ...See all stories on this topic »