| Roche, InterMune Agree to Collaborate on Hepatitis C (Update1) | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:58:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG and InterMune Inc. agreed to collaborate on Hepatitis C drugs in an agreement worth as much as $530 million to InterMune. Roche will pay $60 million initially and as much as $470 million more as milestones are reached in bringing drugs to the market, the companies said today in a PR Newswire statement. The agreement centers on InterMune's lead candidate compound, ITMN-191, from a class of drug known as a protease inhibitor, which is to undergo clinical testing this year. Further drugs may result from the collaboration, according to the statement from Roche, based in Basel, Switzerland, and InterMune, of Brisbane, California. To contact the reporter on this story: Robert Greene in Washington at rgreene2@bloomberg.net .... | |
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| | | Community News Briefs | | Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 9:03:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | A female Kent State University student tested for hepatitis A does not have the virus, officials said Wednesday, four days after announcing that a male student who works in food services had been diagnosed with it. The female student was tested Friday after she was shown to have inflammation of the liver, even though she had no evident link to the male student. No other cases have been reported or suspected, but more than 460 people have received immunizations since Friday. CLEVELAND Schools accountability meeting The first public meeting of the Cleveland schools Bond Accountability Commission under its new leadership is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Cuyahoga Community College's Metropolitan Campus, in the first-floor lounge of the Campus Center.... | |
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| | | Aging face of HIV poses new challenges | | Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 11:00:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Pat Shelton has had the AIDS virus for at least 15 years, and also struggles with hepatitis C and high blood pressure. But what is bothering her most on this sultry summer day are hot flashes. Muzi.com News 10016568-0 (muzi.com) "I've gone through hell with my menopause," said Shelton, an elegant woman who recently swapped her dreadlocks for a close-cropped look while trying to stay cool. "It's kicking me. But HIV, I've been very blessed. I don't know why." Muzi.com News 10016568-1 (muzi.com) The 53-year-old Shelton, whose drug regimen has kept her HIV from developing into full-blown AIDS, in many ways represents the changing face of the HIV population in New York and around the country: They are getting older and presenting new challenges to health-care providers. Muzi.com News 10016568-2 (muzi.com) In New York City, the epicenter of AIDS in the United States, 30 percent of the 100,000 people with HIV are over 50, and 70 percent are over 40, according to the city health department.... | |
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