Hepatitis C

The test allows for rapid, accurate testing of serum samples with results in 30 minutes.

Bipolar disorder patients with Alzheimer's have a 2.3-fold increased chance of having been diagnosed with HCV.

The opioid treatment program's studies yielded positive results.

Study shows that GRT is useful for identifying effective alternative treatments.

A new study cites hepatitis C infections among baby boomers as a chief culprit in liver cancer’s rise.

Study looks at whether DAA drugs eliminate HCV from the body or improve survival.

This comes a week after its first request for a drug removal.

The FDA had a busy week.

Opana ER may be the first of many opioids to have approval revoked.

Only 3% of those in the study who received sofosbuvir needed a transplant.

The study is part of an effort to determine a starting point to act against viral hepatitis.

The once-a-day medication consists of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) sofosbuvir (Sovaldi/Gilead Sciences Inc.) along with voxilaprevir and velpatasvir.

Direct-acting antiviral medication impacts HCV infection in patients on opioid substitution therapy.

Findings could minimize the need for liver transplants.

DAAs Cost $1309 Less Over Lifetime Than Providing No Treatment

Researchers studied how the virus hijacks infected cells.

The guide calls for Baby Boomers to be tested at least once in their lives.

The recent rise in hepatitis C cases in pregnant women and young people warrants further study.

"One of the big problems we're having right now is trying to identify these patients with hepatitis C," Rick Davis, PA-C, University of Florida College of Medicine told MD Magazine. "We've found that the birth cohort of baby boomers (1945-1965) has the highest prevalence of infection, and now we're starting to see the results of that."

About 1 in every 50 West Virginia infants is exposed to the virus at birth.

Patients who received lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors infected with HCV were cured after undergoing antiviral drug therapy.

WHO estimates 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic HBV or HCV.

Veterans had undetectable HCV RNA 12 weeks after treatment with the DAA.

More good news on treatment for hepatitis C patients.

For the first time, the WHO has prequalified a generic API for treating HCV.

Aggressive testing, treatment, and prevention methods are key.

Two existing hepatitis C drugs can now be used to treat children ages 12-17.

Hepatitis C diagnoses are rarely made by a specialist, said Norman Sussman, MD. He explained how the telehealth program, Project ECHO, can help primary care physicians better manage patients with the virus at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

A 12-week hepatitis C regimen costs $59,000 in Europe.