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AbbVie hepatitis C 5-drug combo knocks out virus at eight weeks in 96% of patients

AbbVie hepatitis C 5-drug combo knocks out virus at eight weeks in 96% of patients

April 23, 2013 6:05 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A combination of five oral drugs being tested by AbbVie Inc cured at least 88 percent of new patients with hepatitis C after only eight weeks of treatment, ... Read more

Study: Bristol-Myers oral hepatitis C regimen looks competitive

Study: Bristol-Myers oral hepatitis C regimen looks competitive

April 23, 2013 6:04 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A combination of three experimental Bristol-Myers Squibb hepatitis C drugs appeared to be highly effective, according to data from a mid-stage clinical trial, keeping the company in the ... Read more


Vertex, Bristol-Myers Squibb partner on oral hepatitis C treatment

Vertex, Bristol-Myers Squibb partner on oral hepatitis C treatment

April 6, 2013 2:04 am by | 0 Comments

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. said today it has entered into a non-exclusive agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to conduct second, all-oral studies of the former's VX-135 drug with the latter's drug, ... Read more

Achillion plans to isue $125M in sock

Achillion plans to isue $125M in sock

February 23, 2013 1:27 pm by | 0 Comments

Three months after Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it had enough cash to operate through the middle of 2014, it has decided to issue another $125 million worth of stock.The shares ... Read more

Gilead’s hep C drug meets main goal of fourth late-stage study

Gilead’s hep C drug meets main goal of fourth late-stage study

February 19, 2013 10:44 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said a late-stage trial testing its experimental hepatitis C drug showed no detectable virus level in 73 percent of study patients after 16 weeks of ... Read more

Blood storage and transport startup puts focus on growing hepatitis C testing market

Blood storage and transport startup puts focus on growing hepatitis C testing market

December 3, 2012 2:20 pm by | 0 Comments

Preventing, identifying and treating infectious diseases has been a hot spot for innovation in healthcare. This growing company, though, is taking a step back, focusing instead on improving the process ... Read more

Traveling med tech indicted on new charges related to Hepatitis C outbreak

Traveling med tech indicted on new charges related to Hepatitis C outbreak

November 30, 2012 9:37 am by | 0 Comments

The technician was indicated Wednesday in New Hampshire on 14 new charges. The outbreak involved more than 30 patients in New Hampshire while people in a number of other states ... Read more


FDA approves Glaxo-Ligand platelet drug for hep C patients

FDA approves Glaxo-Ligand platelet drug for hep C patients

November 19, 2012 9:38 am by | 0 Comments

Nov 19 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said U.S. health regulators had approved its drug Promacta for the additional use of treating hepatitis C patients with a low platelet count who ... Read more

Abbott’s three oral hepatitis C drugs produce high cure rates in trial

Abbott’s three oral hepatitis C drugs produce high cure rates in trial

November 12, 2012 9:54 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A trio of oral medicines from Abbott Laboratories Inc to treat hepatitis C produced unprecedented cure rates in patients who had previously failed to benefit from standard treatment, ... Read more

Boehringer Ingelheim to start late-stage hepatitis C drug trial

Boehringer Ingelheim to start late-stage hepatitis C drug trial

November 10, 2012 10:00 am by | 0 Comments

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boehringer Ingelheim said on Saturday it plans to initiate a late-stage clinical trial of its experimental hepatitis C treatment following promising results from earlier studies.The company announced ... Read more

Study: Abbott’s oral hepatitis C regimen shows high cure rate for two types of patients

Study: Abbott’s oral hepatitis C regimen shows high cure rate for two types of patients

October 15, 2012 12:15 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - An all oral regimen of hepatitis C medicines developed by Abbott Laboratories led to high cure rates in both new patients and those for whom prior treatment failed, ... Read more

Achillion hepatitis C drug shows promise in early trial

Achillion hepatitis C drug shows promise in early trial

September 27, 2012 8:39 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc said an early-stage trial of its experimental hepatitis C treatment showed that a single dose of the drug significantly reduced the severity of the infection.The ... Read more

Vertex ends work on one hepatitis C drug, continues another study

Vertex ends work on one hepatitis C drug, continues another study

September 25, 2012 8:54 am by | 0 Comments

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday it will discontinue development of an experimental drug to treat hepatitis C after it failed to show sufficient efficacy to ... Read more

Hepatitis drug developer nears completion of $5 million round

Hepatitis drug developer nears completion of $5 million round

September 13, 2012 5:33 pm by | 0 Comments

A clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing drug candidates for hepatitis D and hepatitis C has secured $4.6 million of its targeted $5 million funding round. ... Read more

Bristol-Myers stops trial of new class of hepatitis C drug after patient dies

Bristol-Myers stops trial of new class of hepatitis C drug after patient dies

August 23, 2012 6:53 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co has discontinued development of an experimental hepatitis C drug after a patient treated with the drug in a clinical trial died of heart failure and ... Read more