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			<title><![CDATA[Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-cystic-fibrosis-drug-20111103,0,3929917.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2011-11-02 16:51:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.

The...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Charity's investment a prescription for profits for drug maker]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-charitys-investment-a-prescription-for-profits-20130519,0,6008457.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-19 00:44:01</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What happens when a disease-fighting charity dives into venture capitalism? 

In the first case of its kind, the results include one of the planet's most expensive pills, huge sales projections for a drug company and windfalls for executives who sold...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[International consortium releases hepatitis C data]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/fl-jjps-hepatitis-0501-20130502,0,3232900.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-02 10:27:26</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform how doctors and patients...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[READER SUBMITTED: American Liver Foundation's Raises $242,000 At Twelfth Annual Flavors Of Connecticut]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-28 16:10:03</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The American Liver Foundation (ALF), a non-profit organization focused on promoting liver health and disease prevention held its annual fundraising event, Flavors of Connecticut presented by Hartford Hospital. The event took place on April 9 at the Aqua...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[OUR HEALTH: New Hepatitis C Treatment Clinic Brings Specialized Treatment to Local Patients]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/wdbj7-our-health-new-hepatitis-c-treatment-clinic-brings-specialized-treatment-to-local-patients-20120827,0,7749712.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-08-27 07:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Anewly formed infectious disease clinic in Lynchburg, VA is bringing expert medical care to those in the area with hepatitis C.

An estimated 3.2 million people in the United States have a chronic hepatitis C viral infection. Most of them don&rsquo;t even...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hepatitis C deaths up, baby boomers most at risk]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/pnr-hepatitis-c-deaths-up-baby-boomers-most-of-risk-20120221,0,6326968.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-02-21 09:18:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP)&mdash; Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed &mdash; they are most at risk.

Federal health officials are considering whether anyone born between 1945 and 1965...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vertex rheumatoid arthritis drug meets study goals]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-09-06 14:08:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP)&mdash; Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed &mdash; they are most at risk.

Federal health officials are considering whether anyone born between 1945 and 1965...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vertex Hepatitis-C Drug OK'd, Promising More Cures]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-05-23 15:53:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP)&mdash; Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed &mdash; they are most at risk.

Federal health officials are considering whether anyone born between 1945 and 1965...]]></description>
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