The report highlighted Scotland's national Hepatitis C Action Plan as an example of best practice.
All the animals had been used in medical experiments and were infected with Hepatitis C.
Its next bestseller, PEG-Intron, used to treat hepatitis C, could be challenged soon as well.
Hopefully, it can hold onto some talent that has expertise in developing hepatitis C drugs, too.
Another nugget: most Americans with hepatitis C have genotype 1, which is the hardest to treat.
FORBES: The Hepatitis C Wars: What Docs Say About The Newest Meds
By buying Zymogenetics, Bristol brings one of its hepatitis C drugs completely in house.
Its hepatitis C medicine fell into that category, but results proved no better than other options.
Her microlivers are also being put to work in the fight against hepatitis C and malaria.
Cole said her kidney troubles date to February 2008 when she was diagnosed with Hepatitis C.
"It's sending out a message that people with hepatitis C do not matter, " he said.
For example, some compounds for dengue might also work for Hepatitis C, which is a blockbuster.
The dentistry board launched its probe after one of Harrington's patients came down with hepatitis C.
Investigators initially alerted the dentistry board to a potential hepatitis C infection from Harrington's office.
Roche also presented positive results for its hepatitis C polymerase inhibitor at the Boston meeting.
Bristol-Meyers Squibb has been working with ZymoGenetics to also develop a potential hepatitis C treatment.
But after sometimes 20 years, chronic hepatitis C can cause jaundice, nausea and abdominal pain.
Both have substantially boosted the cure rate in big trials, raising excitement among hepatitis c specialists.
FORBES: Vertex Edges Merck In First Round of Hepatitis C Fight
Vertex is completing midstage testing of its drug telaprevir, a hepatitis C protease inhibitor.
Action is needed now to tackle an "epidemic" of hepatitis C, according to a leading doctor.
Doctors said her liver enzymes were off the charts and diagnosed her with hepatitis C.
When the first drugs to treat hepatitis C emerged they cured only 6% of patients.
She says she would like to put hepatitis C behind her as she enters her 60s.
WSJ: Hepatitis C Dilemma: Treat Illness With Interferon Now or Wait?
That would be bad news for hepatitis C players such as Gilead and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Could this mean the hepatitis C market is smaller than Wall Street and drug companies expect?
It is a general antiviral agent that does not specifically target the hepatitis C virus at all.
FORBES: Why Aren't There AIDS-Style Cocktails for Hepatitis C?
It is recommended they be tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, the health department said.
Basel, Switzerland-based Roche has started a price war between its hepatitis C drug, Pegasys, and Schering-Plough's Peg-Intron.
Dr Dillon and colleagues hope to recruit 100 patients with hepatitis C over the next five years.
Hepatitis C, its prevention, care and treatment must be addressed and must be addressed as the health issue it is.
And that should help it in the long race to develop new weapons against the hepatitis C virus.
应用推荐