British TV news on 2/1/07 featured story about a drug with added sugar content, curing hepatitis, Any details?
February 19th, 2010 | by admin |I only heard part of yesterday’s news item and just caught a refernce to some poential benefits for hep-C patients. I want to know if the details I did not hear explained exactly what those benefits may be.
Sounds like you are talking about the story on BBC News that day about Imperial college developing a cheaper version of the best existing drug for hep C. The molecule is called interferon and when coated with sugar for slower release in the body the resulting drug is called pegylated interferon. Imperial College developed a way to incorporate sugar into the molecule rather than coating it, therefore getting round the terms of the patent and being able to sell the drug less expensively. The full story is on the website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6224601.stm
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By Lemon Cow on Feb 20, 2010 | Reply
Sounds like you are talking about the story on BBC News that day about Imperial college developing a cheaper version of the best existing drug for hep C. The molecule is called interferon and when coated with sugar for slower release in the body the resulting drug is called pegylated interferon. Imperial College developed a way to incorporate sugar into the molecule rather than coating it, therefore getting round the terms of the patent and being able to sell the drug less expensively. The full story is on the website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6224601.stm
References :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6224601.stm