Shares of two biotechnology companies jumped yesterday after they reported some of the best results ever seen in treatment of a serious liver virus, the latest indication that a cure for hepatitis C ...

Gilead Sciences’ Sovaldi, a drug that can cure hepatitis C, was among the top pharmaceutical costs in most states’ Medicaid budgets in 2014, according to a National Public Radio report. Here are four ...

Sofosbuvir, a hepatitis C treatment drug, can adversely interact with tenofovir disoproxil, a HIV treatment drug, according to research led by Bingfang Yan, PhD, professor of biomedical and ...

(Reuters) - A trio of oral medicines from Abbott Laboratories Inc to treat hepatitis C produced unprecedented cure rates in patients who had failed to benefit from standard treatment, as well as very ...

LOS ANGELES/LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors at a key medical conference welcomed the prospect of more new drugs to treat the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, while agreeing that Gilead Sciences Inc ...

Hepatitis C virus treatment is increasingly being offered in primary care because medications now require less frequent monitoring and have fewer adverse effects.

Medicare spending on breakthrough medications for hepatitis C will nearly double this year, passing $9 billion, according to the Albany Daily Star. 1. The increase in spending will raise the insurance ...

Understanding what hepatitis C is, how it spreads and how it is treated can replace fear with clarity.

A typical course of Sovaldi costs $84,000, but the manufacturer says it will save money long term. Insurers are trying to figure out who should get it. A new “miracle drug” is raising eyebrows across ...

After legal battles and lobbying efforts, thousands of people with hepatitis C are gaining earlier access to expensive drugs that can cure this condition. States that limited access to the medications ...

It’s been almost a year since federal regulators approved a new hepatitis C treatment that costs about $1,000 per pill. But time hasn’t done much to ease concerns of state officials who worry about ...