Direct Anti-HCV Drugs Show Good Response in Routine Practice

Direct Anti-HCV Drugs Show Good Response in Routine Practice

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"The end-of-treatment response rates basically look the same [for boceprevir and telaprevir] in any of the subgroups we looked at," lead researcher Lisa Backus, MD, PhD, from the Office of Public Health in the US Department of Veterans Affairs and in …
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Experimental Insomnia Drug Shows Promise

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In the United States, about 10 percent of people say they have chronic insomnia, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are … Suvorexant works differently from those drugs, zeroing in on specific brain chemicals …
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The ALS Association Announces New Research Awards to Focus on Therapies …

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30, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The ALS Association will add ten awards totaling $ 2.9 million to its Translational Research Advancing Therapies for ALS (TREAT ALS™) portfolio, funding two clinical management grants, three drug discovery …
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FDA Approves More Than 150 Antiretroviral Drugs for Global HIV/AIDS Relief – US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg announced the agency has approved or tentatively approved a total of 152 antiretroviral drugs in association with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to treat those infected with HIV/AIDS in countries that lack the tools needed to fight the AIDS epidemic. [vpdrugs]