There is some really interesting stuff happening in the “reverse liver fibrosis” realm. Here is state of the art in 2009 (great review of the mechanism) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702953/ where we had no clear candidates, and Here is state of the art in 2015 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703795/ where we have literally hundreds of candidates (coffee and milk thistle (silymarin) […]
Author Archives: Dr James
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Here is a copy of the generic hep c medication presentation given by Dr James Freeman at EASL 2017 today. Mostly the presentation followed the slides. The last words, with the last slide were “I want everyone to join the club, not the hep c buyers club, this club, the hep C cure club.” Click […]
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“The Liver Meeting”, or AASLD 2011, was taking place at the great, glass-fronted Moscone West Convention Center in downtown San Francisco. Almost 9,000 people were there – family doctors, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, academics, drug salesmen, public health officials – all networking, trudging the escalators, wandering the beige exhibit halls, trying to stay on top of an […]
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An article with the title: Importation of generic hepatitis C therapies: bridging the gap between price and access in high-income countries just made it into the Lancet print edition: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32051-7/fulltext There is a PDF of it here
This article about the rationale for using generic hepatitis C medication has just been published in Liver International in their section "Debates in Hepatology". James A. D. Freeman1 and Andrew Hill2 1 GP2U Telehealth, Hobart, Tas., Australia 2 St Stephens AIDS Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK Liver Int. 2016; 36: 929–932. DOI: 10.1111/liv.13157 Abstract […]
Приветствуем, всех, кто затронут вопросами хронических гепатитов, Мы рады представить некоммерческий проект «ГЕПАТИТКА», созданный группой активистов для поддержки, помощи и общения людей, затронутых вирусными гепатитами B, C и D. Начало этого проекта было положено в марте 2012 года пациентом из Москвы во время того, как он проходил курс лечения гепатита С пегилированнымиинтерферонами и рибавирином. Чтобы […]
So now it's common knowledge that the Indian patent office has approved Gilead's sofosbuvir patent but…. What Happened to the Indian Official that Rejected the US Drug Company Gilead’s Patent Application in 2015? It appears that being a man of honour is less valued than it should be. http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/indian-official-rejected-gilead-patent-forced-out Hardev Karar, I salute you as […]
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Thank you all, I wish I could say Harvoni cured me, but it did not. Generic sofosbuvir and ledipasvir from China did. I would still be very sick without it. Gilead is a hedge fund under the guise of a pharmaceutical company. They want drugs that will treat diseases that are problems in wealthy, industrialized nations. Don't […]
So I guess like a lot of people I've been wondering how good a deal the PBS negotiated. Last week I heard that a major public hospital had ordered 10 lots for $66,000 but thought that must be wrong. Given the pharmacists have to order these medications I came up with the cunning plan of asking one. The […]