Search Results for: hepatitis C virus

November 13, 2014November 14, 2014

Montefiore Medical Center Awarded With $3.5 Million Grant To Fight Hepatitis C

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A $3.5 million grant was awarded to the Montefiore Medical Center to identify, diagnose and treat patients with hepatitis C (HCV). The grant is part of a $10 million Health Care Innovation Award ... Read more

November 13, 2014November 13, 2014

Phase 2 Study of Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment By Merck Shows Promise

Hepatitis C, News

Data from the C-WORTHY study evaluating the efficacy of treatment with Grazoprevir/Elbasvir of Chronic Hepatitis C in genotype 1 infected treatment-naïve and non-responders to peg-interferon/ribavirin (RP) patients was announced by ... Read more

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014

What Is the Real Cost of Treating All Patients with Hepatitis C And Can America Afford It?

Hepatitis C, News

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston reported at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) their attempt to estimate ... Read more

November 10, 2014November 10, 2014

New York City Increases Hepatitis C Testing To Combat High Disease Incidences

Hepatitis C, News

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in the United States. According to the CDC, approximately 1.3% of the U.S. population is HCV ... Read more

November 10, 2014November 11, 2014

New Combination Therapy Works Well With Liver Transplants In Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C, News

During the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (The Liver Meeting® 2014) to be held in Boston, MA, between November 7 and 11, a new report will be ... Read more

November 7, 2014November 7, 2014

Hospitalization Rate Due To Hepatitis A Declined In The U.S., Study Says

Hepatitis A, News

Hospitalizations between 2002 and 2011 in the United States due to hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection declined significantly, according to new research reports. Data was published in a journal of the American ... Read more

November 6, 2014November 6, 2014

Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Drug OLYSIO Granted Additional FDA Approval

Hepatitis C, News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the combination therapy of OLYSIO® (simeprevir), developed by Janssen R&D Ireland and Medivir AB, with sofosbuvir as an alternative treatment for ... Read more

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014

Theravance Biopharma Announces Positive Results From NS5A Inhibitor Hepatitis C Drug Phase 1 Proof-of-Concept Study

Hepatitis C, News

Theravance Biopharma, through its U.S. operating subsidiary, South San Francisco, California-based Theravance Biopharma US, Inc., on Tuesday announced positive results from the first three cohorts of Study 0110 — a ... Read more

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014

U.K. Hepatitis C Services “Unacceptable” — Contribute To “Thousands Of Unnecessary Deaths”

Hepatitis C, News

According to the U.K. Hepatitis C Coalition, half of people living with hepatitis C are still undiagnosed, and just 3% of those infected are treated each year — a state of ... Read more

October 31, 2014November 3, 2014

Hepatitis B Disproportionately Affects Uganda, Especially Young and Pregnant Women

Hepatitis B, News

The Hepatitis B virus is widely affecting people who live in the northern region of Uganda, including women who are pregnant and under 20 years old. These are the alarming results of ... Read more