Hepatitis C

Smoking deaths in Egypt 4 times higher than hepatitis
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Smoking deaths in Egypt 4 times higher than hepatitis

Smoking-related deaths in Egypt, determined by the World Health Organization and the Egyptian Health Ministry to be approximately 170,000 annually,…
Egypt contracts US firm for new hepatitis drug
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Egypt contracts US firm for new hepatitis drug

Egypt has contracted US pharmaceuticals firm Gilead to make a new hepatitis C drug which will be on the market…
WHO adds hepatitis C drugs to essential list, urges lower prices
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WHO adds hepatitis C drugs to essential list, urges lower prices

The World Health Organization has added new curative treatments for hepatitis C to its essential medicines list, but the UN…
Health Minister inaugurates Sovaldi factory
Egypt

Health Minister inaugurates Sovaldi factory

Health Minister Adel Adawy inaugurated a factory that will produce Sovaldi, the drug for hepatitis C, in Sadat City on Sunday.…
Hepatitis C treatment
Egypt

Hepatitis C treatment

Dr. Gamal Esmat, member of the National Committee to Combat Hepatitis C, said that treating patients with the Olysio drug…
Hepatitis C patients to be treated with new drug Olysio before June
Egypt

Hepatitis C patients to be treated with new drug Olysio before June

Hepatology professor at Qasr al-Aini Faculty of Medicine and Vice Chairman of the Hepatitis Viruses Committee Gamal Essmat said that…
Professor says newly-accredited US drug can cure Egyptian hepatitis
Egypt

Professor says newly-accredited US drug can cure Egyptian hepatitis

A drug recently accredited in the US for the treatment of chronic hepatitis could be used for the treatment of…
Official: 7 Egyptian companies to produce Solvadi
Egypt

Official: 7 Egyptian companies to produce Solvadi

Seven Egyptian pharmaceutical companies have received permits to produce the equivalent of the hepatitis C cure Solvadi, said Assistant Health…
Sheba company to produce 50000 hepatitis C vaccines in 2015
Egypt

Sheba company to produce 50000 hepatitis C vaccines in 2015

The International Company for Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries Sheba plans to produce 50,000 vaccines for the treatment of hepatitis C…
Sovaldi hepatitis drug available in pharmacies
Egypt

Sovaldi hepatitis drug available in pharmacies

The Health Ministry said Tuesday that the Egyptian equivalent of the US-made hepatitis drug, Sovaldi, is currently available in pharmacies. The…
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