A test-and-treat strategy was effective at identifying and treating hepatitis C among migrants and refugees in Italy coming from low-income countries where the condition…
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NewsFDA breakthrough designation granted to larsucosterol for AH
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to larsucosterol, Durect’s investigational therapy for people with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis…
A Phase 2a clinical trial testing Kezar Life Sciences’ investigational therapy zetomipzomib in adults with autoimmune hepatitis who did not respond well to standard…
Global rates for evaluating chronic hepatitis B and starting appropriate treatment are lower than they should be, especially among women and Asian minorities living…
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NewsHepatitis Awareness Month promotes screening, vaccination
Throughout May, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will work with public health partners to raise awareness of viral hepatitis…
Gilead Sciences has awarded $4 million in funding via its ALL4LIVER grant program to organizations worldwide whose community-based efforts will help the World Health…
Current screening and treatment strategies won’t allow Canada to eliminate new cases of hepatitis C by 2030, a population modeling study found. That’s the…
Technologies to prevent, detect, and treat viral hepatitis have advanced considerably in recent decades, but the number of people dying from these infections continues…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has again expanded its approval of Gilead Sciences’ medication Vemlidy (tenofovir alafenamide) for chronic hepatitis B…
Researchers have identified new strategies for developing a vaccine against hepatitis C by studying the immune responses of a patient who spontaneously cleared three…
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