Hepatitis C

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• Shining a Light on the Safety of Blood Transfusions

  
  noblood — Authority: 433
  Shining a Light on the Safety of Blood Transfusions Researchers are studying whether swine flu can be transmitted in the blood, as part of an ongoing effort to keep the blood supply safe from infectious disease. That’s the subject of my latest column. There’s also another new effort underway to improve the ...
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• Vertex Turns $109M Debt Into Stock

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Biotech , Hepatitis C , Finances Luke Timmerman wrote: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the Cambridge, MA-based developer of treatments for hepatitis C, said today that investors who hold about $109 million worth of debt securities have converted those holdings into equity stakes. The deal doesn’t leave Vertex ...
  16 hours ago

• Alder Scores Deal With Bristol-Myers Potentially Worth $1 Billion

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Biotech , deals , Rheumatoid Arthritis Luke Timmerman wrote: Alder Biopharmaceuticals has just struck one of the biggest biotech partnerships of the year, both in the Seattle area and nationally. The Bothell, WA-based developer of faster and cheaper technology for making antibody drugs has formed a ...
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• The Tide of History: A Call to Action

  
  TheNorEaster — Authority: 122
  [ Authors note:  I originally wrote this Essay in 2003.  After sending it out in an e-mail to a few people, one of them offered to create a website for it.  Now that the matter has finally found its way onto the national stage, I thought now would be a good time to republish it here.  While the substance ...
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• Vitamin D for Hepatitis C: Can It Help?

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 487
  Is there any end to the wonder of vitamin D – the sunshine vitamin? Aptly named because the best source of it is the sun, this vitamin that also has hormone-like properties is showing some pretty impressive health benefits. Preliminary studies show it may reduce the risk of chronic diseases as diverse as cancer and ...
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• kearns to LA city atty: medical cannabis peace mission letter (2054)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  chers— this is the second publication of this letter, which originally went to rocky degadillo, the LA city attorney at the time (march 4, 2009). in it, i itemize the many problems with a “cultivation only” type ordinance for people who are sick & dying, an ordinance such as the current city attorney, ...
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• michael weinstein, AHF: join the world AIDS day “testing millions” campaign (2052)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  Dear friends and colleagues, I am reaching out to you today to invite you to join the  World AIDS Day “Testing Millions” campaign .  A global coalition is working hard to make HIV testing free and accessible with linkages to antiretroviral treatment (ART).  Be a part of this worldwide movement to conquer AIDS. ...
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• Health : Hepatitis C - Treatment and Cure

  
  Today's Top Voted Bookmarks — Authority: 151
  Health : Hepatitis C - Treatment and Cure Hepatitis C is an ailment that affects and damages the liver. In most cases there is no cure for Hepatitis C. However, there are some cases in which the bodys immune system is strong enough to cure the illness on its own. Nevertheless, people who have Hepatitis C will suffer ...
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• Health : Hepatitis C - Detection and Treatment

  
  Today's Top Voted Bookmarks — Authority: 151
  Health : Hepatitis C - Detection and Treatment There are millions of people in the world, walking around with Hepatitis C and dont know it! There are over 170 million people worldwide infected. You contract Hepatitis C the same way you get any blood borne disease. Here is some basic information about how to treat ...
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• NATAP: pharmatimes reports merck/schering merger (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  Larger Merck says merger will actually increase R&D efficiency pharmatimes.com 05 November 2009 The new Merck & Co has opened its doors for business, and the company has been laying out its plans for future growth now that Schering-Plough has been added to the group. Chief executive Richard Clark ...
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• rebecca roberts, top of the nation (NPR) interviews new US drug czar gil kerlikowske (2050)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  Drug Policy Changes Under New Director Talk of the Nation The Department of Justice will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users who comply with state laws. Some reform advocates hope the move means decriminalization of pot may be in the works. Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske talks about the direction of U.S. ...
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• LA city atty carmen trutanich to appear at LGBT community forum tues nite (2049)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 ...
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• LA city atty carmen trutanich to appear at LGBT community forum tues nite (2049)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  text transcribed from jpeg follows jump LGBT forum with los angeles city attorney carmen trutanich an evening of discussion on how the los angeles city attorney’s office may address issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities tuesday, november 10, 2009 ...
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• Anaemic patients helped by new drug

  
  noblood — Authority: 433
  Anaemic patients helped by new drug Friday 6th November 2009 A new drug which has proved successful in a UK trial may help patients with a severe yet rare form of anaemia. Pure-red cell aplasia (PRCA), associated with chronic kidney disease, causes a rapid and severe drop in the number of red blood cells produced ...
  4 days ago

• AASLD: High SVR Rates Seen with Telaprevir for Hepatitis C (CME/...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Availability of direct antiviral drugs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection moved another step closer to realization, with favorable results reported here for telaprevir in two Phase II studies.
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• AASLD: Treating Before Transplant Cuts HCV Recurrence (CME/CE)

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- In patients with advanced liver disease related to hepatitis C, a course of pegylated interferon and ribavirin (Rebetol) before liver transplant may help them avoid recurrence of infection, a researcher said here.
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• Official statement on Blood Transfusion / CFS

  
  noblood — Authority: 433
  Official statement on Blood Transfusion Statement on blood transfusion regarding safety and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). (That is all the info I have, maybe it will be useful to you...) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQNykQ3_SCE[/media]
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• AASLD: HCV Response Linked Strongly to Gene Variant (CME/CE)

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Additional analysis has confirmed that a polymorphism in an interferon-related gene is strongly associated with responses to standard treatments for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a researcher said here.
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• AASLD: Direct Antivirals Can Beat HCV Without Interferon (CME/CE...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- The first clinical trial of direct antiviral drugs against hepatitis C virus (HCV) without interferon was a success, researchers said, though the FDA currently wont permit such a strategy in the U.S.
  6 days ago

• Amylin Forms Global Alliance in Obesity Drug Development; TEDMED’s Show Will Go On, Sequenom Sued for Civil Fraud, & More San Diego Biotech News

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  Roundup , Life Sciences , diabetes Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: TEDMED had Martha, Goldie, and other celebrity speakers, but San Diego-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals broke this week’s big news when it signed up a big Japanese partner to develop its line of obesity drugs. It’s all part of your regular dose of ...
  6 days ago

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