Raising awareness of hepatitis in the United Arab Emirates

The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is often a silent killer. It can cause both acute and
chronic liver disease; ranging in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks
to ...

Hepatitis B Factsheet

Hepatitis is a term used to describe inflammation (swelling) of the liver. ... these,
viral infection is the most common cause of chronic (long-term) hepatitis.

Hepatitis C Factsheet

Hepatitis is a term used to describe inflammation (swelling) of the liver. ...
Hepatitis C is a virus that affects approximately 150 million people worldwide.1 ...

Helping in the fight against hepatitis in China

Of the 350 million people worldwide chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus
(HBV) and 180 million people infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), around 100 ...

For the first time, doctors can predict which hepatitis B ...

Feb 16, 2009 ... Hepatitis C: the liver, the body's purification and production "plant", continuously
manufactures essential chemicals while simultaneously ...

FDA approves new Roche test to evaluate response to hepatitis C

Mar 6, 2013 ... The test is designed to accurately determine the amount of hepatitis C virus
ribonucleic acid (RNA) in order to assess a patient's response to ...

Roche's Pegasys receives EU approval for the treatment of ...

Mar 18, 2013 ... Roche's Pegasys receives EU approval for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in
children five years of age and older. Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; ...

Personalised Healthcare - example Hepatitis

Jan 28, 2015 ... Over 550 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis B or C. Roche not
only sells the standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C, but ...

Making hepatitis a public health priority in Lebanon

Jan 19, 2015 ... Making hepatitis a public health priority in Lebanon. It is an effort to break the
silence on a major public health problem. A few weeks ago ...

Supporting World Hepatitis Day

Jul 28, 2015 ... Roche is committed to the fight against viral hepatitis, with a complete portfolio of
medicines and diagnostic tests that diagnose, confirm, ...

On World Hepatitis Day: Understanding Viral Hepatitis

Jul 28, 2014 ... Jointly sponsored by the World Hepatitis Alliance, the largest advocacy group for
hepatitis representing over 170 organizations, and the WHO ...

Roche Media Backgrounder Hepatitis C

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is transmitted through blood contact and can cause
acute and chronic liver disease. Potentially it leads to liver failure, cirrhosis and ...

Supporting World Hepatitis Day in Vietnam

Viral hepatitis kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year, making it the world's
eight biggest killer1. It is a disease of the liver caused by several viruses, one ...

Roche launches next-generation duplex test for parvovirus B19 and ...

Mar 16, 2015 ... The cobas® DPX test is a real-time PCR duplex assay for parvovirus B19 (B19V)
and hepatitis A virus (HAV) in human plasma. Using nucleic ...

The perspective of hepatitis C patient Kiyotaka Hirose (Japan)

Jan 28, 2015 ... The perspective of hepatitis C patient Kiyotaka Hirose (Japan). Apart from his
business life at Chugai, Japan, playing the large concert piano at ...

Roche and Inovio Pharmaceuticals partner on Inovio's prostate ...

Sep 10, 2013 ... Roche acquired an exclusive license for Inovio's DNA-based vaccines INO-5150
(targeting prostate cancer) and INO-1800 (targeting hepatitis ...

Improving access to hepatitis and breast cancer medicines ...

Oct 7, 2015 ... Expanded partnership with the government in the Cote d'Ivoire improves access
to treatments for hepatitis and breast cancer for people with ...

Roche reports high rates of sustained viral clearance with ...

Apr 19, 2012 ... Roche reports high rates of sustained viral clearance with investigational
hepatitis C treatment danoprevir. Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: ...

Egypt: Access to hepatitis treatment

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in Egypt is amongst the highest in the world,
affecting between. 14-40 percent of the country's population of around 84 million
 ...

First Duplex Test for Parvovirus B19 and Hepatitis A Virus ...

Oct 4, 2010 ... It is the first IVD test to offer complete coverage of all human genotypes of
parvovirus B19 (B19V) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) in one assay.