Achillion's 'Very Promising' New Drug
for Hepatitis C
for Hepatitis C
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By MELLY ALAZRAKI Posted 4:45 PM 04/14/10:
Achillion (ACHN), a small biopharmaceutical that focuses on infectious disease, knows the story about hepatitis C very well. A liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for a liver transplant.
An estimated 4.1 million Americans are infected with the HCV with 17,000 new cases annually.
And the disease causes an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 deaths annually in the U.S.
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Cancer in remission, now comic Robert Schimmel
needs a liver transplant
needs a liver transplant
san diego examiner.com January 28, 11:14 PMManhattan
(Local Music Examiner Jim Bessman)
Robert Schimmel, who has had way more than his share of troubles over the years, dropped another bombshell near the end of his appearance this morning on Howard Stern ’s Sirius satellite radio show, when he revealed that he suffers from cirrhosis and now needs a liver transplant.
Schimmel, who has documented his bout with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in his inspiring book Cancer On $5 A Day* *(Chemo Not Included): How Humor Got Me Through The Toughest Journey Of My Life, was on Stern to promote his weekend gigs at New York comedy club Comix. But he had other issues than health to focus on first, as it was his initial visit to Stern’s show since his arrest last year on allegations of domestic violence.
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Life with Hepatitis C for London's teenage 'It Girl'
C NEWS: By Anouk Lorie for CNN (December 24, 2009 9:26 a.m. EST)
Recently named London's "It Girl" by society magazine Vanity Fair, 18-year-old Jazzy de Lisser is said to have it all. She is beautiful and affluent, her best friends include Sting's daughter, Coco Sumner, and she is often compared to another famous British trend-setter, Kate Moss.
Yet underneath the glitz and glamour of a privileged lifestyle, de Lisser has fought a lifelong battle with what is termed the "silent killer" -- Hepatitis C -- an infectious blood-borne virus that attacks and scars the liver.
At the age of three, blood tests revealed that de Lisser's mother -- fashion designer Serena Bute -- had unknowingly passed on the deadly disease to her daughter.
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NJ warns nearly 3,000 to get tested for hep B
C NEWS: TOMS RIVER, N.J. (Map, News) - New Jersey officials on Thursday advised nearly 3,000 people who share a doctor to get tested after five cancer patients who visited the physician were found to have hepatitis B.
Ocean County health officials said two cases of hepatitis B were confirmed in late February as connected with the office of Dr. Parvez Dara, an oncologist with offices in Toms River and Manchester, near the Jersey Shore.
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Inhibiting the Hepatitis C Virus
C NEWS: Opening up new treatment possibilities, researchers from Scripps Institute have found molecules that prevent Hepatitis C viral production.
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FDA Approves New Indication for PegIntron plus Ribavirin for Certain Patients Who Failed Prior Hepatitis C Treatment
C NEWS: On March 11, Schering-Plough announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved new labeling for pegylated interferon alfa-2b (PegIntron) plus ribavirin (Rebetol brand) combination therapy for treatment of chronic hepatitis C in certain patients with compensated liver disease who did not achieve sustained response to prior treatment.
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