The American Liver Foundation (ALF) has announced the eight winners of its 2024 Pilot Research Awards, with four of the awards going to scientist-led…
Hepatitis
Precision Biosciences has opened a first-in-human trial testing its gene-editing therapy candidate PBGENE-HBV in people with chronic hepatitis B infections, and says data…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the launch of a Phase 1 drug-drug interaction study to evaluate the effects of certain drugs…
The safety monitoring committee of a Phase 2a clinical trial testing zetomipzomib in people with autoimmune hepatitis has found no major safety issues with…
Fewer than half of reproductive-aged women with opioid use disorder in the U.S. undergo hepatitis C testing, with Black and Asian women less likely…
HEPATITIS
NewsAbbvie pulls 2 hepatitis treatments from EU market
Abbvie has decided to permanently discontinue the marketing of antiviral treatments Exviera (dasabuvir) and Viekirax (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir) for adults with chronic hepatitis…
HEPATITIS
NewsResearcher secures NIH funding to study hepatitis E virus
A researcher at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine received a $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue research into…
Chroma Medicine’s investigational one-time treatment CRMA-1001 for chronic hepatitis B brought levels of a key hepatitis B virus (HBV) protein to nearly 0 in…
Researchers have uncovered the structure of the protein complex that allows the hepatitis C virus (HCV) to infect human cells, allowing them to reproduce and…
Researchers have detailed exactly how bemnifosbuvir — part of Atea Pharmaceuticals’ antiviral treatment combination for chronic hepatitis C infections — turns into the…
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