Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 23rd, 2002
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Hepatitis B Therapy - Regimens altering lamivudine and interferon yield similar results in children
Proficiency Testing - Although hepatitis C assays are good, there is still room for improvement
Hepatitis B Therapy - New inhibitors show promise for eradicating hepatitis drug-resistant mutants
Hepatitis B Vaccine - Hip or thigh yield comparable vaccine protection in immunized infants
Kidney Failure - Hepatitis B vaccine best administered to children before end-stage liver disease
Appointments - Bill Forbes joins tapped as VP
Appointments - Triangle Pharmaceuticals names Daniel G. Welch chairman and CEO
Cancer Therapy - Method using clots to block arteries effective, safe for small liver tumors
Encephalitis - Maxygen receives $2.4 million grant to develop cross protective vaccines
Fatigue - Weight controlling protein may be source of fatigue in chronic hepatitis C
Finance - AERx systems maker reports net loss for 6 months of 2002: $0.62 per share
Finance - Nabi product sales growth drives positive cash flow
Finance - Revenues increase 18.2% for infectious disease detection and monitoring company
Hepatitis C - Ribapharm files patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against Hoffmann-La Roche
Infectious Disease - Zadaxin produces sustained responses in hard-to-treat hepatitis B patients
Interferon - Treatment results often poor in those with hepatitis C virus genotype 4
Patents - New patent covers antiviral compounds
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