Vertex study drug beats back Hep. C

Vertex study drug beats back Hep. C
United Press International - Jan 9, 2006CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Vertex said Monday its protease inhibitor VX-950 used with standard therapy dramatically cuts hepatitis C (HCV) viral loads. ...

'Missing patients' in Hep C infection risk
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 10 hours agoNHS patients may be unaware they have contracted hepatitis C through blood transfusions, Scottish health officials admitted yesterday. ...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition of Hep-C Drug ...
Genetic Engineering News, NY - Jan 3, 2006Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE:VRX) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the United States and Canadian rights to the ...

Inovio to Make Hep C Vaccine
Red Herring, CA - Jan 17, 2006The biomedical firm partners with Europe s Tripep to stop the blood-borne infection and a major cause of liver damage from spreading. ...

Girl, 7, finds mother dead of overdose
ic Wales, United Kingdom - Jan 27, 2006... Detective Constable Russell Jenkins, of Aberdare police, said that as she was attacked, Ms Howells heard the man say: I ve got hep C and you re going to ...