Hepatitis C

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…
2 Egyptian hepatitis C drugs on the market next week
Egypt

2 Egyptian hepatitis C drugs on the market next week

Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said two Egyptian drugs that have the same active ingredient as the American Sovaldi…
51 patients cured after 3-month treatment with Sovaldi
Egypt

51 patients cured after 3-month treatment with Sovaldi

Medhat Hosny, director of the Hepatic Viruses department of the Kabbari General Hospital in Alexandria, said in a statement on…
Egypt part of FDA advisory committee for Hepatitis C cures
Egypt

Egypt part of FDA advisory committee for Hepatitis C cures

Manal Hamdy al-Sayed, member of the National Committee to Combat Viral Hepatitis, said Egypt is taking part in an advisory…
16,000 Hepatitis C patients healed by Sovaldi
Egypt

16,000 Hepatitis C patients healed by Sovaldi

Dr. Yehia al-Shazly, member of the National Committee of Hepatic Viruses, said 16,000 Hepatitis C patients were healed after four…
Egyptian NASA expert demands army apology over hepatitis cure scam
Egypt

Egyptian NASA expert demands army apology over hepatitis cure scam

The Egyptian military should apologize for failing to live up to promises to activate a hepatitis drug it earlier described…
Hepatitis professor: More than 10 million unaware they are infected
Egypt

Hepatitis professor: More than 10 million unaware they are infected

A professor specializing in hepatitis has revealed that while 14 percent of Egyptians are infected with hepatitis C, more than…
Health Ministry succeeds in treating Hepatitis C, fails with bird flu
Egypt

Health Ministry succeeds in treating Hepatitis C, fails with bird flu

Government efforts have succeeded in treating eight patients of Hepatitis C with Sovaldi in Alexandria, but failed to combat bird…
Health Minister defends hep C drug against suspicions
Egypt

Health Minister defends hep C drug against suspicions

Health Minister Adel Al-Adawy has defended Egypt’s deal with US firm Gilead to secure the hepatitis C drug Sovaldi in…
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