Earlier HIV antiviral treatment can be cost effective in areas of limited resources
Early initiation of lifesaving antiretroviral therapies should be the standard of care for all HIV-infected patients, even those in countries with limited medical and financial resources, according to a study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Desmond Tutu HIV Centr...Using a small stockpile of a secondary antiviral drug in a flu pandemic
In a global influenza pandemic, small stockpiles of a secondary flu medication if used early in local outbreaks could extend the effectiveness of primary drug stockpiles, according to research made available today ahead of publication in PLoS Medicine . Many countries are investing in larg...Nuvilex Advances Release of Citroxin(TM) Antiviral Surface Cleaner to Help Combat Swine Flu
CHERRY HILL, N.J., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Nuvilex, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NVLX), an emerging healthcare consumer products company, today announced that it will advance the release of Citroxin to domestic and international health agencies including hospitals, clinics, and medical offi...Do patients at risk for B-cell malignancy need antiviral treatment?
Some studies have shown that a relationship of hepatitis C (HCV) infection with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia exists. However the precise mechanism remains unclear. A research article to be published on April 7, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. The resea...Obio Pharmaceutical Announced New Antiviral Drug Discovery to Combat Influenza Virus
HONG KONG, March 10 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Obio Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd ("Obio"/ "the Company") announced the discovery of a new indication of a drug, TG21, against main strains of influenza virus (including avian and human influenza strains) such as H3N2 and H5N1. The process leading to cli...Liver transplant recipients with hepatitis B may need lifelong antiviral treatment
Patients who undergo liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related liver damage should receive lifelong antiviral treatment to keep the disease from coming back. A new study shows that they lack cellular immunity against the disease, making recurrence likely if antiviral treatment is withdrawn. Th...ANA598 Demonstrates Potent Antiviral Activity in an Early Clinical Study in HCV-Infected Patients
Patients treated at the initial dose in an ongoing Phase Ib trial demonstrated a 2.5 log10 median viral load decline after three days Conference Call Today at 8:30AM EST SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS ) today announced results fr...ViroDefense Inc Announces Selection of Poliovirus Antiviral Preclinical Candidate
Compound Emerged from Technology Licensed from Schering-Plough Research Institute ROCKVILLE, Md., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroDefense Inc today announced that it has chosen to advance a compound licensed to ViroDefense Inc by Schering-Plough Corporation i...Clearview Exact Influenza A & B
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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the resistance of the avian flu virus to a major class of antiviral drugs is increasing through positive evolutionary selection, with researchers documenting the trend in more than 30 percent of the samples tested. The avian flu, an Influenza ...Study: Excessive use of antiviral drugs could aid deadly flu
COLUMBUS, Ohio Influenza's ability to resist the effects of cheap and popular antiviral agents in Asia and Russia should serve as a cautionary tale about U.S. plans to use the antiviral Tamiflu in the event of widespread avian flu infection in humans, scientists say. Researchers analyzed almos...NIAID funds studies of how SARS and bird flu evade antiviral responses
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID), one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a contract to the University of Washington (UW) to use systems biology approaches to comprehensively analyze and model the virus-host interactions and cellular response networks ...Feline virus, antiviral drug studied to understand drug resistance
COLUMBUS , Ohio Researchers at Ohio State will spend the next two years testing their theories about just how an AIDS-like virus in cats is able to resist the powerful medicines that are thrown against it. It's one of the latest efforts at understanding one of the leading problem areas in medi...Bird flu -- Call for antiviral drugs to be shared
New predictions about bird flu, involving the use of a mathematical model, suggest that international cooperation to share antiviral drugs might be the best way to deal with an emerging pandemic. 'Bird flu'(avian H5N1 influenza) has not triggered a worldwide human epidemic yet because it rarely p...The reason why antiviral therapy can't annihilate HIV infection, and what to do about it
Antiviral therapy has been used to suppress HIV replication and has dramatically improved the clinical course of disease in affected patients. But the existence of viral reservoirs precludes the complete elimination of HIV from treated patients. In a new study appearing on November 1 in The Journa...Viroblock SA Reports Positive Results of Preclinical Studies in Antiviral Nasal Spray
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Viroblock SA has announced today that the first generation of VCCD Tech antiviral nasal spray formulation is active against human influenza. Viroblock's patented Cholesterol Catalytic Depletion Technology (VCCD Tech) inactivates enveloped viruses d...Company's Partner Completes Trial Production of a New Antiviral Medicine
HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Biopharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPC) announced today that its partner, Soonfast Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ("Soonfast") has successfully completed its trial production of a new antiviral product. This all-natural...InterMune Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Highlights
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