Medical Xpress

Costs pose hurdle for promising new hepatitis C lab test

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 ...
Medical Xpress

Rapid tests help make hepatitis C diagnosis easier, study finds

A new study has shown the benefit of using a quick clinic-based diagnostic test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection over a standard laboratory-based test. The findings from the study has led to ...
Healio

FDA clears first ‘rapid diagnostic’ hepatitis C RNA test for point-of-care settings

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA granted marketing authorization for Cepheid’s Xpert HCV test and GeneXpert Xpress System, the first ...
FierceBiotech

FDA clears its first fingerstick hepatitis C diagnostic, enabling test-to-treat approach

The CDC estimates that between 2.4 million and 4 million people in the U.S. may have hepatitis C, which is a top cause of liver cancer and organ failure. (xrender / Shutterstock) The FDA has greenlit ...
Healio

To initiate same-day hepatitis C testing and treatment, hepatitis B status must be known

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA’s recent authorization of a rapid, point-of-care test to diagnose current hepatitis C virus infection is ...
STAT

Closure of CDC hepatitis lab imperils U.S. outbreak response, prevention

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

FDA Clears Point-of-Care Test to Detect Hepatitis C Virus

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 ...
NBC News

OraSure Technologies Receives FDA Approval for Its OraQuick(R) HCV Rapid Test Using Fingerstick Whole Blood

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 22, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSUR) announced today that its OraQuick ® HCV Rapid Antibody Test has now been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Labroots

Take action against viral HCV by leveraging screening programs and HCV Ag

2. Zoratti M.J. Siddiqua A., Morassut R.E., Zeraatkar D., Chou R., Holten J., Xie F., Druyts E. Elsevier Clinical Medicine. 2020; 18, 100237. 3. Collins L.F., Chan A ...
Medical News Today

What is a hepatitis panel?

A hepatitis panel is a blood test that doctors use to diagnose hepatitis. Hepatitis refers to a group of viral liver diseases, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The blood test will ...
Labroots

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