Janssen's experimental drug for hepatitis C gets FDA fast track

Janssen's experimental drug for hepatitis C gets FDA fast track

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The submission for simeprevir followed data from clinical trials in which patients who had relapsed after having received interferon-based treatment were administered the Janssen drug. The most common side effects reported were fatigue, itch and fever.
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The shockwaves that can give a man's love life a boost

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The new non-drug treatment uses a technology called extracorporeal shockwave therapy. … There was a significant increase in the duration of erection and penile rigidity, and half of the men no longer required drug therapy six months after the treatment.
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Erie County woman fights cancer while pregnant

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Doctors tell younger women with breast cancer not to get pregnant while undergoing treatment. The anesthesia from surgery and the chemicals from chemotherapy and other drugs can affect a fetus, said Christopher Marsh, M.D., a medical oncologist at the …
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