http://www.minconf-forests.net/drug-news/british-tv-news-on-2107-featured-story-about-a-drug-with-added-sugar-content-curing-hepatitis-any-details Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:10:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.minconf-forests.net/drug-news/british-tv-news-on-2107-featured-story-about-a-drug-with-added-sugar-content-curing-hepatitis-any-details/comment-page-1#comment-4156 Lemon Cow Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:10:59 +0000 http://www.minconf-forests.net/drug-news/british-tv-news-on-2107-featured-story-about-a-drug-with-added-sugar-content-curing-hepatitis-any-details#comment-4156 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<br><b>References : </b><br>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6224601.stm 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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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6224601.stm

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