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AbbVie’s VIEKIRAX® (Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/Ritonavir) and EXVIERA ® (Dasabuvir) Licensed for Use in the UK for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C

MAIDENHEAD, UK, Jan. 19, 2015 – AbbVie’s all-oral, short course (12 weeks for the majority of patients), interferon-free treatments VIEKIRAX®…

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New Stats Reveal Almost Half of the UK Are Unaware of Crucial Link between Diet and Cancer Development

Surprising new statistics reveal that 41% of the British population are oblivious to the role that diet plays in the development of cancer…

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Targeting Monocytes to Help Treat Autoimmune Disorders?

SUPPRESSION of the immune system in fighting diseases could be the fault of a population of white blood cells (WBCs), a group of studies led by…

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Monitoring ADMA Levels the Key to Avoiding Cardiovascular Disease?

FEARFUL side-effects that have prohibited the appearance of certain anti-inflammatory arthritis drugs in our pharmacies could soon become irrelevant…

Editor’s Pick: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Changing the Prevalence of Liver Cancer?

Due to its increasing prevalence, exceeding 25% of the Western population, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) merits recognition as one of the…

Alcohol Dependence and Alcoholic Liver Disease

Summary of Presentations from the H. Lundbeck A/S-Supported Symposium, held at the 49th Annual International Liver Congress, London, United Kingdom…

The Liver Meeting 2014: Summary of Presentations on Genotype 3 HCV Infection from the 65th Annual Liver Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Held in Boston, MA, USA, on 7th-11th November, 2014

After genotype 1 (GT1), genotype 3 (GT3) is the second most common hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype worldwide, with an estimated worldwide prevalence of…

Definitions of Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is an entity used to define patients with liver cirrhosis presenting with acute decompensation.

Hepatic-Based Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are a vast, diverse, and heterogeneous set of genetic disorders. Hepatic-based IEMs are a significant cause of…

Metabolic Syndrome in Paediatric Population: Is it Time to Think Back on Diagnosis Criteria?

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents an emerging disease in the paediatric population; it is characterised by a cluster of cardiometabolic abnormalities…