A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use may be limited unless insurers’ reimbursement rises to cover its high cost ...

WHO acceptance of the test comes at a time when direct acting antivirals, new and highly effective medicines for HCV, are becoming increasingly affordable and available in low- and middle-income ...

LabCorp Commends CDC for Revised HCV Testing Guidelines; Leading HCV Tests Available Through Monogram Biosciences, part of LabCorp’s Specialty Testing Group Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings ...

(RTTNews) - Quest Diagnostics (DGX) announced the launch of a new obstetrics laboratory test panel designed to enable physicians to screen all eligible pregnant people for hepatitis C with other ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For the first time, WHO has prequalified a rapid diagnostic test for hepatitis C virus infection, according to a ...

Credit: Cepheid. The Xpert HCV test delivers results in about an hour. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization to Xpert ® HCV, a point-of-care hepatitis C virus (HCV ...

In line with its efforts to restore growth through fast-developing specialty testing, Laboratory Corporation of America HoldingsLH recently announced two new Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) drug resistance ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only about 60% of people with a positive hepatitis C antibody test received a follow-up RNA test during the ...

Merck & Co. will partner with Daktari Diagnostics to develop Daktari’s rapid hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening test, under a collaboration that will generate up to $8.5 million over three years for ...

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