August 10, 2016

The Hepatitis C Treatment Information Project has been updated. Our drug pipeline diagrams have been updated for the month of August, a page about the next generation of hepatitis C treatments and a page for the hep C treatment Epclusa have been added, and details about new and emerging clinical trials have been added to ...

July 28, 2016

World Hepatitis Day is July 28th. Celebrate it by reading free journal articles! Free Journal Articles Published by Gastroenterology & Hepatology Hepatitis C Disease Burden in the United States in the Era of Oral Direct-Acting Antivirals Immunological aspects of antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections Antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B viral infection ...

July 26, 2016

2016 World Hepatitis Day is fast approaching. On July 28th, it will be celebrated and acknowledged around the world with special events. In Vancouver, for example, the Pacific Hepatitis C Network and the Positive Living Society of British Columbia will be hosting a community forum entitled: Hepatitis C and HIV Co-Infection – Transmission to Treatment. Community ...

June 15, 2016

“All patients with CHC infection should be considered for treatment, regardless of fibrosis score. Given the potential impact on health system sustainability of treating all patients with CHC infection on a first-come basis, priority for treatment should be given to patients with more severe disease.” (CADTH Canadian Drug Expert Committee, page ...

May 31, 2016

We are excited to announce that our Clinical Trials Currently Recruiting in Canada page was out of date. We are excited to announce that there are so many new clinical trials in the works for hep C treatments that our recently updated information about recruiting clinical trials needed updating again. Our Clinical Trials Currently Recruiting in ...

May 26, 2016

The project’s new address is /. Our Hepatitis C Treatment Information Project (Hep C TIP) has changed its website address. If your website or information collection includes information about our Hep C TIP, please update your links. If your website or information collection doesn’t currently include information about our Hepatitis C Treatment Information Project (Hep C ...

May 5, 2016

An interactive hep C treatment resource, Hepatitis C Treatment OPTIONS: Basic Information for Patients, has been created by Hepatitis Education Canada to prepare folks for what they’ll need to know to have a treatment discussion with a healthcare provider. The tool works by asking a user to answer 3 multiple-choice questions and then press next. With ...

April 21, 2016

April 21, 2016 – The St. Paul’s Foundation, in collaboration with the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BCCfE), the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), the Vancouver Coastal Health, and the University of British Columbia, has been given $5 million for a research study on how to reduce new infections of hepatitis C in ...

April 15, 2016

The International Liver Congress 2016 The International Liver Congress 2016 (#ILC2016), the annual European Association for the Study of the Liver meeting, is taking place this week in Barcelona, Spain. This blog post is a collection of just some of the topics that have already been discussed at The International Liver Congress 2016. Topics from The International ...

March 4, 2016

Pharmaceutical Company Patient Support Programs Pharmaceutical companies have financial assistance programs for people undergoing their specific treatments. Two of these assistance programs have been updated to include two new hep C treatments, Technivie and Zepatier. These treatments are available for use in Canada but are not currently covered by PharmaCare. For more information about these programs, call ...