Search Results for: hepatitis C virus

February 25, 2015February 25, 2015

Study Reveals HCV Screening Campaign’s Positive Results

Hepatitis C, News

Despite the fact that medically underserved populations usually lack access to both screening and treatment to hepatitis C virus (HCV), a recent project called Do One Thing, implemented in neighborhoods of ... Read more

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

Sofosbuvir-Ribavirin Prevent HCV Recurrence After Transplantation

Hepatitis C, News

Two new studies on the hepatitis C virus entitled “Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Prevent Recurrence of HCV Infection after Liver Transplantation: An Open-Label Study” and “Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Treatment of ... Read more

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015

HIV-HCV Co-Infection Does Not Cause Neurocognitive Impairment According to Study

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HIV patients are not at risk of neurocognitive impairment from a co-infection of hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a study, titled, “Absence of neurocognitive effect of hepatitis C infection in HIV-coinfected people” conducted ... Read more

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015

Awareness May Prevent Losing HCV Patients in Health-Care System

Hepatitis C, News

Patients suffering from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, at times, end up lost between separate stages of health care for the management of their disease, according to a recent study ... Read more

January 2, 2015January 2, 2015

Bristol-Myers Foundation Funds HBV, HCV Projects in China and India

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, News

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation recently granted nine awards to research projects dedicated to studying and fighting hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in China and India. The foundation has ... Read more

December 13, 2014December 13, 2014

Novel Discovery in Estimating Success of Interferon Therapy in Treating HCV

Hepatitis C, News

A new study recently published in the journal Clinical Proteomics, entitled “LecT-Hepa facilitates estimating treatment outcome during interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients,” examined the clinical efficacy of LecT-Hepa ... Read more

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014

Methadone, Opioid Therapy for Injection-drug Users Found to Reduce HCV Infection

Hepatitis C, News

A new study on the effect of opioid agonist therapy in HCV infection entitled “Association of Opioid Agonist Therapy With Lower Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Young Adult ... Read more

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014

Spanish HIV-HCV Patients More Difficult to Treat Than Other Ethnic Groups

Hepatitis C, News

Spanish patients suffering from both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are more difficult to treat than patients from other ethnic groups, due to their genetics, according to recent research conducted in a ... Read more

September 29, 2014September 29, 2014

Gilead’s HCV Combination Therapy Tablet Harvoni Gets Positive CHMP Opinion

Hepatitis C, News

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has published a positive report on Gilead’s experimental once-daily dose of the combination therapy ... Read more

January 19, 2017January 19, 2017

Quest Launches First US HBV Test to Assess Patients’ Response to Therapy

Hepatitis B, News

Quest Diagnostics launched a new quantitative test that will help doctors in the U.S. measure a patient’s response to therapy while being treated for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Today, 2.2 ... Read more