International Business News - Hepatitis http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif State prisoners with hepatitis C aren't getting the health care they need, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that adds to complaints about the medical treatment of California inmates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/prisoners-with-hepatitis-c-sue-california-prisons.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:21:09 EDT Clinical-stage pharmaceutical company Pharmasset Inc. said Monday that it has selected PSI-7851, a preclinical drug for treatment of hepatitis C virus, as its lead candidate for treatment of the disease. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/pharmasset-chooses-lead-hepatitis-c-drug-candidate.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 08:00:16 EDT A hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/cdc-syringe-reuse-linked-to-hepatitis-c-outbreak.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:59:06 EDT Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. Authorities can't say for sure how the 77 people were infected, said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist with the Southern Nevada Health District. But they know each was treated from March 2004 to Jan. 11 this year at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/77-more-hepatitis-cases-may-trace-to-clinic-officials-say.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 09:56:17 EDT Shares in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. slid Wednesday while Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. gained ground on a mix of study data for the their developing hepatitis C drug candidates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/sector-snap-hepatitis-c-drugs-in-focus-at-conference.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:54:10 EDT A Virginia hospital has asked more than 300 former patients to come in for blood tests because a nurse suspected of infecting patients with hepatitis in Texas worked there last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/blood-tests-suggested-in-hepatitis-scare.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:03:31 EDT A statewide inspection of outpatient surgery centers like the one believed to have spread hepatitis C to its patients has uncovered dangerous practices at four other clinics, a health official said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080307/more-nevada-surgery-clinics-to-be-cited.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:54:39 EST The unsafe medical procedures that spread hepatitis C among patients at a large Las Vegas surgical clinic may be more widespread and may have resulted in more infections than first believed, health officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/bad-practices-turn-up-and-more-clinics.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:39:44 EST Health officials used an incomplete patient list to notify people exposed to hepatitis and HIV at a Las Vegas clinic, an epidemiologist testified Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/vegas-hepatitis-exposure-list-incomplete.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:50:45 EST Nearly 40,000 people learned this week that a trip to the doctor may have made them sick. In a type of scandal more often associated with Third World countries, a Las Vegas clinic was found to be reusing syringes and vials of medication for nearly four years. The shoddy practices may have led to an outbreak of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus and exposed patients to HIV, too. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/vegas-clinic-may-have-sickened-thousands.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:04:41 EST An outbreak of hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic may represent "the tip of an iceberg" of safety problems at clinics around the country, according to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080303/cdc-warns-of-safety-problems-at-clinics.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:41:37 EST A former patient sued a surgical center believed to have spread hepatitis C by reusing syringes and vials of medication, saying Thursday he fears for his health. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080229/clinic-accused-of-reusing-syringes-sued.htm Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:56:17 EST A clinic may have infected a handful of patients with hepatitis C _ but about 40,000 more should be tested for that virus, as well as for HIV, health officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080227/nev-clinic-creates-hepatitis-c-scare.htm Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:47:06 EST Hundreds of patrons of a posh Manhattan hot spot, including A-list celebrities who attended actor Ashton Kutcher's 30th birthday party there, may have been exposed to hepatitis A, health officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080223/hoping-to-avoid-the-hepatitis-a-list.htm Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:10:50 EST Shares of Pharmasset Inc. reached a new all-time high Monday after the company said 85 percent of patients dosed with 1500 milligrams of its experimental drug R7128, in combination with Pegasys and Copegus, achieved undetectable levels of Hepatitis C virus after just four weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080107/pharmasset-up-on-hepatitis-c-data.htm Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:32:37 EST