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Online recommendations provide constantly updated HCV management guidelines

Posted on: 26/06/2015 - 17:42

The newest guidelines for testing, managing, and treating hepatic C infections in adults are part of a “living document” – a constantly updated online resource that reflects the ever-changing world...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 16:48

Led by new treatments for hepatitis C, there was an “unprecedented $20.2 billion increase in spending” for new medicines in 2014, which was triple the 2013 level, according to a <a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA report provides overview of HCV drug approvals

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 20:12

In a report published in Hepatology, scientists from the FDA’s Division of Antiviral Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) have provided a brief overview of the FDA’s...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

DDW: Recurrent C. difficile infections take heavy toll on IBD patients

Posted on: 19/05/2015 - 17:16

WASHINGTON – Patients with inflammatory bowel disease had a one-third higher risk for having a recurrent Clostridium difficile infection than did the general population, and a 20-fold higher...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

DDW: Significant worker productivity gains with newer hepatitis C drugs

Posted on: 17/05/2015 - 15:25

Achieving a cure in hepatitis C infection could result in significant economic gains, with a study estimating that the beneficial effects in terms of ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Shortening all-oral HCV therapy feasible

Posted on: 14/05/2015 - 18:39

VIENNA – All-oral HCV therapy with grazoprevir and elbasvir plus sofosbuvir achieved high, sustained virologic response (SVR) rates at 12 weeks afte... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Nororvirus outbreak likely caused by swimming in infected waters

Posted on: 14/05/2015 - 18:00

Last summer’s norovirus outbreak in Multnomah County, Oregon, appears to be linked to swimming in a natural lake in Blue Lake Regional Park, accordi... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Consider HCV ‘a cardiovascular risk factor’

Posted on: 05/05/2015 - 19:54

VIENNA – Major cardiovascular (CV) events are significantly increased in hospital patients who are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) versus ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

PAS: Texting beats phone reminders for HPV vaccine completion

Posted on: 05/05/2015 - 19:03

AT THE PAS ANNUAL MEETING SAN DIEGO – Text message reminders sent to parents on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series completion were more effe... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Interferon-free antiviral regimens achieve high response rates in HCV

Posted on: 05/05/2015 - 16:00

A 12-week course of oral daclatasvir, asunaprevir, and beclabuvir, with or without ribavirin, achieved a sustained virologic response (SVR) in patient... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Online recommendations provide constantly updated HCV management guidelines

New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

FDA report provides overview of HCV drug approvals

DDW: Recurrent C. difficile infections take heavy toll on IBD patients

DDW: Significant worker productivity gains with newer hepatitis C drugs

Shortening all-oral HCV therapy feasible

Nororvirus outbreak likely caused by swimming in infected waters

Consider HCV ‘a cardiovascular risk factor’

PAS: Texting beats phone reminders for HPV vaccine completion

Interferon-free antiviral regimens achieve high response rates in HCV

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