Focusing on patients and progress on World Hepatitis Day

< div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper" > < a href="http://catalyst.phrma.org/focusing-on-patients-and-progress-on-world-hepatitis-day-" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link" > < img src="http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/464546/2016_CM/One-time/WorldHepatitisDay.jpg" alt="Focusing on patients and progress on World Hepatitis Day" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" > < /a > < /div > < p > < a href="http://worldhepatitisday.org/en/about-us" > World Hepatitis Day < /a > is a unique opportunity to take stock of the recent advancements in new treatments and cures to combat versions of hepatitis. Founded by the World Hepatitis Alliance, World Hepatitis Day brings awareness to the five hepatitis viruses that cause inflammation of the liver. This year ’s theme for the global campaign is “Elimination.” With hepatitis being the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer, the disease is the most common reason for a liver transplant in the United States, according to the < a href="http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm" > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention < /a > . < /p > < img src="http://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=464546 & amp;k=14 & amp;r=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalyst.phrma.org%2Ffocusing-on-patients-and-progress-on-world-hepatitis-day- & amp;bu=http%253A%252F%252Fcatalyst.phrma.org & amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;ma...

Source: The Catalyst - July 28, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: chronic disease Hepatitis C Advances in Science infectious diseases Source Type: news