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The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 Brian Lawler	ViroPharma Whacked by Data Shares of ViroPharma fall after safety issues come to light with one of its drugs. A phase 2 study of their hepatitis C antiviral medication has been halted, with only a slim chance of starting up again.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2008 Brian Lawler	The End for (Another) Hepatitis C Drug Candidate ViroPharma stops development of its compound after data showed it may hurt the liver.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Brian Lawler	The Next Hepatitis C Blockbuster? Never before have there been so many new drugs in development to treat Hepatitis C. Which companies have the compounds most likely to win this race? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	You Must Realize This Drug Works by Now Vertex concludes its phase 3 trials with another win.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2007 Brian Lawler	ViroPharma Is on Its Way ViroPharma completes preliminary enrollment in a study of one of its drug candidates. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Ryan McBride	Vertex's Telaprevir Clears Hurdle, Could Halve Treatment Times for Hepatitis C Study results are positive.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2011 Brian Orelli	Safety (Still) Trumps Acquisitions in Hep C Pharmasset announced it was discontinuing all treatment arms in one of its phase 2b trials that contain the drug PSI-938. The drug candidate caused laboratory abnormalities in tests associated with liver function.
The Motley Fool April 1, 2008 Brian Lawler	Vertex Proves It ... Almost Vertex announces exciting clinical trial data that could get its anti-hepatitis C virus compound onto the market years earlier.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	Dang! This Drug Is Shining Brighter Vertex illuminates telaprevir's additional benefit in treating hepatitis C patients.
The Motley Fool August 6, 2007 Brian Lawler	Don't Discount ViroPharma The exciting biopharma announces its second-quarter financial results. Considering that its lead drug is highly profitable and has two strong pipeline candidates in development, shares of ViroPharma don't look expensive.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Brian Orelli	Hepatitis C Drugs Heat Up The current hepatitis C drugs stink. Who's ahead in the race to find new ones?
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Brian Lawler	Schering's Gain Is Only a Mild Headache for Vertex Schering-Plough's strong phase 2 clinical results of its hepatitis C virus drug candidate send shares of competitor Vertex down.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Brian Lawler	So Pharmasset, So Good Early data hints at a promising hepatitis C treatment.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2005 Charly Travers	A Rising Star in Biotech Idenix is following a proven path to success: novel drug development. This is one biotech to keep on your watch list for the next year.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Brian Lawler	Vertex's Healthy Trial Results Shares of the pharmaceutical company were up on the release of positive clinical trial data.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Brian Lawler	Black Friday Bargain Stock: ViroPharma Is ViroPharma a good value right now? With competition worries out of the way, and a strong and growing cash flow, it won't take much success for value investors to be rewarded.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Vertex Nails Third Big Trial With Hepatitis C Drug And in the toughest patients to treat, too.
Chemistry World April 21, 2010 Sarah Houlton	Fresh hep C hope A new kind of compound to treat hepatitis C is showing promise in early clinical trials.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 Brian Lawler	ViroPharma Victorious A strong first quarter helps the pharmaceutical storm into 2007. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	Good Combo; Too Bad There's Competition Vertex's VX-222 helps standard of care but still requires an injected medication.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Brian Orelli	New Hep C Data Impressive, but It's Not There Yet All-oral treatment still has a ways to go.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Mark Your Calendars: The Race Is On! In the last couple of weeks, both Schering-Plough and Vertex Pharmaceuticals have announced that their phase 3 hepatitis C drugs trials have finished enrolling patients.
Chemistry World December 9, 2009 Sarah Houlton	New hep C breakthrough A drug being developed by Denmark's Santaris Pharma could provide a breakthrough in the treatment of hepatitis C, and positive results in a study on chimpanzees point to its potential to avoid drug resistance.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Brian Lawler	ViroPharma in Check Sales of its antibiotic are slowing down, but there is a promising drug in its pipeline.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	Ideal Results From Schering A post-marketing clinical trial from Schering on its hepatitis C virus treatment Pegintron yields better results for the company, although not without some controversy. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2011 Brian Orelli	J&J's Been Busy Johnson & Johnson announced it was hooking up with another partner, Pharmasset, to create a hepatitis C drug combo.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Brian Lawler	ViroPharma: Risky and Exciting Solid lead drug, meet promising pipeline candidate.
Nurse Practitioner July 2010 Christine S. Brennan	Overcoming barriers to new treatment options for hepatitis C This article reviews current guidelines for HCV treatment and proposes strategies to overcome potential barriers to state-of-the-art therapy.
Chemistry World August 20, 2009 Sarah Houlton	Testing times: predicting hep C response A finding by David Goldstein and his group at Duke University in the US may make it possible to predict which patients are likely to benefit from the drugs, and which will probably suffer the nasty side-effects without much chance of success.
Chemistry World October 31, 2008 Matt Wilkinson	GSK Snaps up Hepatitis Drug Developer In a bid to strengthen its efforts to develop new hepatitis therapies, GSK has agreed to buy Genelabs Technologies in a deal worth $57 million.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Brian Lawler	Idenix Gets Knocked Shares of Idenix drop slightly after the drug developer released clinical trial results this week.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Brian Lawler	The Long Road Ahead for ViroPharma Faced with the threat of generic competition, the company focuses its efforts on a new drug. ViroPharma investors should watch intently.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Brian Lawler	Nothing's Wrong With ViroPharma Despite potential generic competition on the horizon, the company is going strong. Vancocin's fate will determine how well shares of ViroPharma perform in the near future.
American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Hepatitis C What is hepatitis C? How is it spread?
HHMI Bulletin May 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams	Lab-Grown Liver New cell culture system solves problem of growing liver cells.
Nurse Practitioner December 2009 Gujral & Collantes	Understanding Viral Hepatitis: A guide for primary care Recent advancements in the field of genomics and proteomics technology have given researchers and clinicians more insight on disease pathogenesis and helped create more tailored approaches to the treatment of these conditions.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	The Yin and Yang of Schering's Label Changes Schering gets a pair of label changes that have opposite effects for its hepatitis C drug.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	ViroPharma Cut in Half ViroPharma's phase 3 drug, maribavir, failed to show an effect in reducing cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in stem cell transplant patients, and the stock gets axed in half.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Brian Orelli	Second-Line Isn't Second Best Schering-Plough gets a positive recommendation for its hepatitis C drugs as a second-line treatment in Europe.
Chemistry World September 11, 2013 Emma Stoye	Call to overhaul liver toxicity testing Outdated assays for monitoring liver health could have caused dozens of drug candidates to be wrongly scrapped during development, according to new research.
Nursing December 2008 Susan Simmons Holcomb	Caring for a patient with chronic hepatitis C Teach your patient about improved treatments that can help him deal with this potentially deadly infection.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Brian Orelli	Big Pharma Loves Your Liver Three big pharma companies, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and Roche, are funding a stem-cell consortium. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Duprey	ViroPharma's Generic Discount This tiny biotech looks cheap in light of sell-off over generics threat. Investors would do well to look a little closer at this promising biotech.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Brian Orelli	ViroPharma Gives It a Shot Testing a subcutaneous form of Cinryze.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 Brian Orelli	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Use 'Em to Beat Your New Rival Merck is supposed to be a bitter rival to Roche in the hepatitis C space. Instead, it's extending the hand of friendship.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Brian Lawler	ViroPharma's Healthy Sales Guidance The coming year looks like another strong one for the drug developer. This small-cap pharmaceutical stock is worth taking a look at just for its cheap valuation.
American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Management of Hepatitis C: Evaluating Suitability for Drug Therapy Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is a common and serious disease. Although an estimated 2.7 million persons in the United States have this disease, most have not yet been diagnosed.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	Will a New Use Help Schering-Plough's Near-Blockbuster Drug? Delaying relapses probably won't be enough to get its Pegintron approved as a treatment for melanoma.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2010 Brian Orelli	No Swelling Sales Here ViroPharma saw its stellar launch of hereditary angioedema treatment Cinryze come to a standstill until it could scale up manufacturing further.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2007 Brian Lawler	Veering ViroPharma The drugmaker announces healthier fourth-quarter financial results. But investors take note: ViroPharma's product could have a formidable competitor on the market in 2008.