Tag: hepatitis C

Few Patients With Hepatitis C Get Timely Treatment, CDC Says

August 15, 2022
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Few adults diagnosed with hepatitis C virus infections receive timely treatment with antiviral drugs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The drugs cure hepatitis C in more than 95 percent of patients, but a study of more than 47,000 adults diagnosed in 2019 or 2020 found that only one-third of those with…

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Roche Launches Dual Antigen and Antibody Diagnostic Test for Hepatitis C

July 19, 2022
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ZURICH—Roche has launched an new dual antigen and antibody diagnostic test for hepatitis C, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company said on Monday, which it says will give an earlier diagnosis of the virus. The Elecsys HCV Duo is the first commercially available immunoassay that allows the simultaneous and independent determination of the hepatitis C virus status…

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Appeals Court Upholds Rationing of Hepatitis C Treatment

July 10, 2021
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CINCINNATI—The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in a split decision. The dissenting judge in last week’s 2–1 ruling at the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the majority’s opinion will condemn hundreds of prisoners to long-term organ damage and…

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