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BARACLUDE(R) (Entecavir) Treatment Resulted In Greater Viral Load Suppression Compared to Adefovir at 96 Weeks In Antiviral-Naive Adult Chronic Hepatitis B E-Antigen Positive Patients
Posted on April 26th 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced new data from the E.A.R.L.Y. study, in which treatment of antiviral-naive adult chronic hepatitis B patients with Baraclude (entecavir) resulted in greater long-term viral load reduction than adefovir at 96 weeks - consistent with earlier 12-week results (primary endpoint). These data were presented last week in Milan, Italy, at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.
Vertex reports promising hepatitis C drug results
Posted on April 24th 2008
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday said early trial results show that its experimental hepatitis C treatment controlled or eradicated the virus in more than 80 percent of patients for whom previous treatment had failed. The trial results were presented in Milan at a meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.
Sugarland, Nominated for 2008 CMT Awards, Names American Liver Foundation Charity of Choice
Posted on March 28th 2008
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