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April 24, 2015April 24, 2015

Rapid HCV Test Approved In Europe

Hepatitis C, News

Cepheid recently announced that its quantitative hepatitis C virus infection viral load test, Xpert HCV Viral Load, has achieved CE-IVD status under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. ... Read more

April 21, 2015April 21, 2015

Shape-shifting Molecule Can Trick Viruses Like Hepatitis C Into Mutating Themselves to Death

Hepatitis C, News

In order to understand the molecular mechanisms by which an anti-HIV medication induces fatal mutations in the virus’s genetic material, researchers at University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of ... Read more

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015

Better Kidney Transplant Outcomes Found Among HIV Patients in Comparison to Hepatitis C Patients

Hepatitis C, News

A study recently published in the journal Kidney International conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, revealed that patients infected with the ... Read more

April 17, 2015April 17, 2015

Ichor, Janssen Announce Chronic Hepatitis B Immunotherapies Delivered With TriGrid Electroporation Device

Hepatitis B, News

Ichor Medical Systems (Ichor) recently announced it has joined a product advancement collaboration and license agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Janssen). Both parties will be working together to advance and market DNA-based vaccine products to ... Read more

April 16, 2015April 17, 2015

Merck Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designations To Treat HCV

Hepatitis C, News

Merck (MSD) has recently announced that grazoprevir/elbasvir, which is a single tablet investigational regimen to treat chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, has received two Breakthrough Therapy designations granted by the United Stated Food and Drug Administration ... Read more

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015

Technical Feasibility Established for MosaiQ Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Assay

Hepatitis B, News

Edinburgh, UK based commercial-stage diagnostics company Quotient Limited has announced that results generated using the company’s MosaiQ transfusion diagnostics methodology indicate a high degree of sensitivity and specificity for this Hepatitis ... Read more

April 14, 2015April 14, 2015

Statin Therapy Benefits Veterans with HCV

Hepatitis C, News

A study of over 3,000 eligible subjects in the Electronically Retrieved Cohort of Hepatitis C Viral (HCV) Infected Veterans (ERCHIVES) identified that statin use may be beneficial to sustained virologic ... Read more

April 13, 2015April 13, 2015

Clinical Data on Janssen’s Simeprevir for HCV to Feature at International Liver Congress

Hepatitis C, News

Janssen Sciences Ireland UC is going to present clinical data regarding its NS3/4A protease inhibitor, called simeprevir, to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections at the upcoming International Liver Congress 2015. The ... Read more

April 10, 2015April 10, 2015

Antihistamine Medication May Be A Promising Treatment For Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C, News

In a new study entitled “Repurposing of the antihistamine chlorcyclizine and related compounds for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection” researchers report to have identified that an antihistamine medication to treat ... Read more

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015

Babies Whose Moms Have HBV Develop More Mature Immune Systems

Hepatitis B, News

A study led by scientists at Singapore’s Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS) has shown that Hepatitis B Virus Infection (HBV) exposure increases the maturation of infants’ immune systems, potentially providing ... Read more