chronic hepatitis C infection

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015

New Drug Shows Promise In Treating Chronic HCV Patients With Liver Transplant And Advanced Liver Disease

Hepatitis C, News

Hepatitis C is one of the worst forms of liver diseases affecting people in the world today — around 3.2 million have HCV in the United States alone. Spread mostly from ... 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

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015

Combination of Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir Adds Slight Therapeutic Benefit For HCV Infection

Hepatitis C, News

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) is an independent scientific institute that analyzes the benefits and dangers of medical interventions for patients. Recently they examined the ... Read more

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015

Hepatitis C Video by Canadian Gastrointestinal Society to Foster Infection Awareness

Hepatitis C, News

In Canada, hepatitis C affects at least 350,000 individuals — some of whom are not even aware of their infection and continue transmitting the virus. To call attention to this ... Read more

February 19, 2015February 19, 2015

Liver Cirrhosis Found More Prevalent Than Previous Estimates

Hepatitis C, News

A recent study evaluated the incidence of cirrhosis in the general American population. The study entitled “The Epidemiology of Cirrhosis in the United States: A Population-based Study” was published in ... Read more

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015

Study Reveals Hepatitis C Lacks Equal Attention Than HIV/AIDS or Ebola Yet is More Prevalent

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, News

A new study on Hepatitis C virus in West Africa entitled “High Frequency of Active HCV Infection Among Seropositive Cases in West Africa and Evidence for Multiple Transmission Pathways” was ... Read more

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015

Chronic Hepatitis B/C Has Impact on Liver Cancer Genome

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, News

A new study on the impact of chronic hepatitis on liver cancer, and on the genetic diversity of liver cancer displaying biliary phenotype entitled “Whole-genome mutational landscape of liver cancers ... 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 28, 2015January 28, 2015

Hepatitis C Treatment VIEKIRAX® + EXVIERA® Now EMA-Approved

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The European Commission has granted marketing authorizations for AbbVie’s all-oral, interferon-free, short-course treatment with VIEKIRAX® (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir tablets) + EXVIERA® (dasabuvir tablets). This treatment was recently approved with or without ribavirin (RBV) for patients suffering ... Read more

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015

NICE Supports VTq Diagnostic and Monitoring Device for Hepatitis-related Liver Fibrosis

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The British National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is working on releasing draft guidance supporting the use of the device Virtual Touch Quantification (VTq) by Siemens Healthcare Global as an improved diagnostic and ... Read more