hepatitis

Actinium Announces Positive Top-line Results from Pivotal Phase III SIERRA Trial of Iomab-B Actinium Pharma is on track to submit its targeted radiotherapy for AML patients requiring a bone marrow transplant in the United States, boosted by top-line data from a pivotal trial. The SIERRA trial of Iomab-B, an anti...

FDA Approves Incyte’s Opzelura as First Vitiligo Therapy The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Incyte’s Opzelura cream 1.5% for the topical treatment of non-segmental vitiligo in adult and paediatric patients 12 years of age and older. With this approval, Opzelura is the first and only FDA-approved...

Recent years have been experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of Hepatitis D cases. It is spreading at a rapid rate. DelveInsight estimated that the total diagnosed Hepatitis D prevalence was reported to be 204,976 in 2017 in the 7MM (the US, EU5 (the UK, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy) and Japan). Furth...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the 10th leading cause of death worldwide. With 2 billion people infected all over, HBV infection is a reason behind 500 000 to 1.2 million deaths per year. Hepatitis B is a lethal infection and has been a major global problem for years. If it lasts for over 6 months, it is term...

Hepatitis is an infection that causes inflammation of the liver. The condition can be self-limiting or can progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis, or liver cancer. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis; however, other infections such as toxic substances (e.g., alcohol, certain drugs) and auto...

World Hepatitis Day is observed on 28 July of every year, aims to bring the world together to raise the awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and bring real change. Hepatitis B virus is a blood-borne and transmitted sexually by the virus, which is acquired by percutaneous and exposure to blood or ot...

The liver disease hepatitis C is the new battleground for lawsuits intended to slash the cost of life-saving medicines. In February alone, five suits were filed in India and Argentina claiming that the latest class of antiviral drugs does not warrant the 20-year patent monopoly that manufacturers have sought in thos...

In the years since the discovery of RNA interference, researchers have found that this process is far more widespread than we might expect, and that small pieces of RNA play many functional roles. Small (or short) interfering RNA (siRNA) is the most commonly used RNA interference (RNAi) tool for inducing short-term ...