Enanta Pharmaceuticals recorded a narrower loss as sales rose in its fiscal fourth quarter driven by higher sales of a hepatitis C virus treatment.

Hep C treatment challenges may include overcoming stigma, managing side effects, and coping with financial costs. But support is available. If you’ve received a hepatitis C diagnosis, it’s important ...

A new treatment for hepatitis C that costs just $300 has been found to deliver a cure rate of more than 97 percent, making it equal to or more effective than existing treatments that run into the tens ...

WASHINGTON -- Assessing sustained virological response (SVR) to hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy at 4 weeks after treatment ...

Infection with HCV is common in HIV-infected patients and is an increasingly important public health problem. The medical management of hepatitis C in HIV-infected patients is complicated by immune ...

SAN FRANCISCO — An 8-week regimen of the combination of glecaprevir plus pibrentasvir (Mavyret, AbbVie) can eliminate most genotypes of the hepatitis C virus in treatment-naïve patients with ...

Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

Even with insurers reluctant to pay, Sovaldi prescriptions have eclipsed those for all other hepatitis C pills combined in a matter of months, new data from IMS Health indicate. The promise of a real ...

Hepatitis C causes liver damage over time that can lead to transplants or cancer. The existence of a rapid cure is a significant long-term boon even if the initial pricing on the drugs made them, in ...

A 30-year-old woman presented with worsening jaundice, itching, and nausea and was admitted to the hospital. She had no fever, respiratory symptoms, or night sweats. Apart from polycystic ovaries, the ...

This story is part of a larger series on viroids and virusoids, small infectious RNAs. It is also the seventh installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes serious ...