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Three-dose vaccine prevents HIV patients getting hepatitis B
Clinical trial results suggest adult HIV patients can be protected against hepatitis B with a three-dose vaccine series.
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Roche announces plans to improve diagnosis and treatments in developing countries
Roche shares initiative commitments that will extend prophylactic treatment access to patients with haemophilia, as well as investments to provide testing capabilities for HIV and Tuberculosis in developing countries.
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EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) Feb meeting highlights
Highlights of the February 2022 meeting of EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) include the recommendation of 13 medicines for approval, along with updates to other drugs and COVID-19 vaccines.
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Sensitive new assay detects hepatitis B infection in single liver cells and serum
Technique measuring the cccDNA marker may allow earlier detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients…
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Sensitive new assay detects hepatitis B infection in single liver cells and serum
Technique measuring the cccDNA marker may allow earlier detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients...
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Antiviral drug not beneficial for reducing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) does not significantly reduce mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus when taken during pregnancy and after delivery.
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Gilead’s Phase II study showed 99% HCV cure rates
26 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
Gilead Sciences’ Phase II studies demonstrated HCV cure rates of 99% in children, and 100% in patients co-infected with HCV and hepatitis B virus...
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FDA approves Roche’s blood screening assay for donor screening
24 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The cobas MPX assay enables donor screening laboratories to apply the most advanced PCR-based diagnostic technology to the surveillance of donated blood...
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Gilead announces results from two Phase III studies of TAF in HBV
15 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Studies 108 and 110 were 48-week clinical trials evaluating TAF among 1,298 treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients with chronic HBV infection...
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Gilead’s MAA for TAF in hepatitis B now under assessment by the EMA
26 February 2016 | By Victoria White
TAF is a novel, targeted prodrug of tenofovir that has demonstrated high antiviral efficacy similar to Gilead’s Viread at one-tenth of the dose...
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China to remain the largest hepatitis B market, says GlobalData
24 February 2016 | By Victoria White
GlobalData says China will continue to dominate the hepatitis B treatment space, as its market share rises from 38.8% in 2014 to 47.2% by 2024...
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Hepatitis B therapeutics market to rise to $3b by 2024, says GlobalData
20 January 2016 | By Victoria White
GlobalData says the expansion will be slight due to the patent expiration of all existing branded drugs in the chronic hepatitis B therapeutics space during the forecast period, and continued low diagnosis and treatment rates of the disease...
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GSK initiates Phase 1 study of IONIS-HBV-LRx; Ionis gets milestone payment
13 January 2016 | By Victoria White
IONIS-HBV-LRx (previously referred to as ISIS-GSK6-LRx) is a drug Ionis is developing with GSK for the treatment of patients with hepatitis B virus...
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Gilead’s TAF meets primary objectives in two Phase 3 HBV trials
6 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The studies demonstrated that TAF was non-inferior to Gilead’s Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, TDF) based on the percentage of patients with HBV DNA levels below 29 IU/mL at 48 weeks of therapy...
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Telbivudine prevents passage of HBV during pregnancy
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The antiviral drug telbivudine prevents perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to a new study...
