Approval from the drug regulator follows late-stage study of the medicine
95% subjects in the test who received a single dose of PegiHepTM along with SOC became virus free as assessed by RT-PCR on day 14, compared to 68% of those who only received SOC
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice jointly honoured for their decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem
The World Health Organization estimates there are over 70 million cases of hepatitis worldwide and 400,000 deaths each year
What is Hepatitis B, what are its symptoms, treatment and how to prevent Hepatitis B - these are some of the questions we'll be answering
In India, an estimated 4 crore people are suffering from hepatitis B and almost 1.2 crore from hepatitis C
Hepatitis is spread through injecting drug use and unsafe use of syringes