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.
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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.
Unlike haemophiliacs who contracted HIV, the government has refused to give compensation to Hepatitis C sufferers.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Cole said she attributes the Hepatitis C to her well-publicized struggles to stop using cocaine and heroin.
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.
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