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INCIVO® (telaprevir) Receives European Commission Approval for Twice Daily Dosing for Treatment of Genotype-1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

Janssen Infectious Diseases-Diagnostics announced today that the European Commission has approved a new twice-daily dosing of INCIVO® (telaprevir), a direct-acting antiviral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, in combination with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin (PR) for naive and previous-treatment experienced patients.

Published
31 May 2013
From
PR Newswire
Hepatitis C treatment
Hepatitis C treatment gap in Europe: France doing well but Italy treated fewer than one in a hundred patients in 2010

France led the world in the proportion of its hepatitis C patients who received treatment in 2010, but some countries in southern and eastern Europe had treatment

Published
28 May 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Hepatitis C treatment
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Threaten to Leave Some Parts of the World Behind

A scenario may develop where hepatitis C is largely eradicated from the developing world but exits in large pockets in developing countries.

Published
21 May 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Hepatitis C treatment
Triple therapy for hepatitis C is effective after liver transplantation, but side-effects are common

Adding the approved HCV protease inhibitor telaprevir (Incivo or Incivek) to pegylated interferon and ribavirin can increase sustained viral response rates even for difficult-to-treat liver transplant recipients, but

Published
16 May 2013
By
Liz Highleyman
Hepatitis C treatment
Movement for global access to hepatitis C treatment building momentum

Access to hepatitis C treatment in low- and middle-income countries is being restricted by the high cost of interferon and a lack of commitment to treating the

Published
09 May 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Hepatitis C
Report highlights major failings in UK response to hepatitis C

The UK needs to “be doing so much more” in response to hepatitis C, according to a new report. Supported by a consortium of leading hepatitis C

Published
07 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Combination Drugs are the Future of the European Hepatitis B and C Therapeutics Markets

A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "Analysis of European Hepatitis B and C Therapeutics Markets" finds that the Hepatitis B market earned revenues of $1.26 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $1.89 billion in 2019, while the Hepatitis C market is projected to expand from $2.40 billion to $3.66 billion over the same time period.

Published
01 May 2013
From
PR Newswire
Hepatitis C treatment
Triple-drug HCV therapy comes with high risk of serious adverse events for people with cirrhosis

Currently available triple therapies for hepatitis C carry a high risk of serious side-effects for people in the most urgent need of treatment, and these patients have

Published
30 April 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Hepatitis C treatment
Hepatitis C Viral Load Fluctuates Without Treatment

Fluctuations in circulating hepatitis C virus RNA could be "clinically meaningful" in a substantial number of patients with chronic infection, and could influence the best time to prescribe antiviral therapy.

Published
05 April 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Hepatitis C treatment
Integrated Psych Care for High-Risk Hep C Patients May Increase Antiviral Treatment

Hepatitis C patients who have psychiatric disorders and problems with substance abuse may benefit from integrated care, a new study has found. More patients in integrated care began antiviral treatment and achieved a sustained viral response in a trial of 365 patients at three Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Published
27 March 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
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