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B Informed Newsletter
The Hepatitis B Foundation publishes a free newsletter, B
Informed, three times a year with an updated "Drug Watch" of approved
treatments and drugs in development for hepatitis B, a "Hepatitis Vaccine
Watch" of new vaccines, timely articles about hepatitis B,
conference summaries, and information for patients and families.
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Spring 2008
Highlights Include:
- HepDART 2007 Tackles HCC
- New Gateway to Care Campaign
- Believe in the Cure Cycling Tour
- Finding a Good Doctor
Winter 2008
Highlights Include:
- International HBV Meeting Attracts Record Numbers
- HDV Discovery Celebrates 30th Anniversary
- Focus on HBV Co-Infections
- HBV Bill Re-introduced in Congress
Fall 2007
Highlights Include:
- Underestimation of Chronic Hepatitis B in the U.S.
- HBV Could Be key to Missing Women
- Patient Conference Highlights
- Building the Ranks of Future Scientists
Summer 2007
Highlights Include:
- Dr. Frank Chisari Honored with HBF Distinguished Scientist Award
- Viral Load Predicts HCC Risk
- Hepatitis Awareness Month Review
- HBF Co-Sponsors Historic Library of Congress Symposium
- New Public Health Research Department Launched
Spring 2007
Highlights Include:
- Annual Report 2006
- HBF Princeton Workshop Focuses on Early Detection of Liver Cancer
- Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruch Blumberg Joins HBF
- International HBV Meeting Highlights
- New Medical and Scientific Leaders on HBF Board
Past Issues
Fall 2006
Highlights Include:
- HBV Treatment Guidelines Updated
- Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County Opens
- 2006 B-Informed Patient Conference Update
- Comparison of HBV Drug Costs
Summer 2006
Highlights Include:
- Viral Load- How Low Should We Go
- Congressional Briefing on HBV kicks off
Aim for the B Week
- National Strategic Plan to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis Released
Winter 2006
Highlights Include:
- Int'l HBV Meeting 2006
- HBV Bill Reaches Congress
- Hepatitis D Virus Affects Millions Worldwide
- 2005 Donor List
Fall 2005
Highlights Include:
- Aim for the B Campaign
- 2005 Patient Conference Highlights
- Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research Update
- Updated Drug Watch and Clinical Trials
Spring 2005
Highlights Include:
- Entecavir Approved
- Therapies for Liver Cancer
- HBF 2005 Crystal Ball Celebration
Winter
2005
Highlights include:
- HBF Opens New Research Institute
- The State of HBV Research Funding
- NIH Action Plan for Liver Disease Research
- Donor List 2004
Fall
2004
Highlights include:
- HBF Partnership with Drexel University
- 4th Annual B Informed Patient Conference
Highlights
- New HBF Research Training Program
- Updated Drug Watch and HBF Clinical
Trials
Spring
2004
Highlights include:
- HBF Crystal Ball Celebration
- New Treatment Guidelines
- Children and Hepatitis B
- HBV Drugs, One Size Doesn't Fit All
Winter
2004
Highlights include:
- 9th Annual Princeton Workshop Meets
in Hawaii
- HBV Clinical Endpoints
- NIH Action Plan for Liver Disease Research
- HBV Patient Conference Goes West
Fall
2003
Highlights include:
- B-Informed 2003 Patient Conference in
Review
- Clevudine: Promising New Drug with Nowhere
To Go
- NIH Establishes the Liver Disease Research
Branch
- Impact of Hepatitis B on Families
- New HBV Clinical Trials!
Spring
2003
Highlights include:
- Dr. So Talks about HBV and Liver Cancer
- One Man's Story - Living with Liver
Cancer
- Upcoming Patient Conference 2003
- Dr. Jay Hoofnagle Receives "Distinguished
Scientist" Award
- PKIDs Goes to China
Winter
2003
Highlights include:
- HBF Receives $7.9 Million Grant
- 8th Annual Princeton Workshop
- HBV in Pakistan
- HBF Lab Searches for a Cure: Glucovirs
or Alkovirs?
Fall
2002
Highlights include:
- 2nd Annual Patient Conference
- HBV in India
- HBF Lab Update
- Adefovir Approved by FDA
Summer
2002
Highlights include:
- HBF Crystal Ball Honorees 2002
- HBV in Senegal and China
- Visit Our New Bookstore!
- HBV Clinical Trials
Winter
2002
Highlights include:
- 7th Annual Princeton Workshop
- AASLD Practice Guidelines for HBV
- Therapeutic DNA Vaccines
- Hepatitis B Book Bonanza
- New Pediatric Hepatitis Report
Fall
2001
Highlights include:
- Lamivudine for Kids Approved
- Princeton Workshop Surfs to Hawaii
- Management of Chronic Hepatitis B
- "Living with HBV: A Survivor's Guide"
- HBF Website Wins Award
Spring
2001
Highlights include:
- HBF 10th Anniversary Crystal Ball
- 1st "B-Informed" Patient Conference
Held at HBF
- Meet Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruch Blumberg
- 1st Online Patient Survey Results
- Breakthrough Rx for Kids
- Bruce Witte Distinguished Lecturer,
John Gerin, Ph.D.
Winter
2001
Highlights include:
- Princeton Workshop 2000: National HBV
Research Agenda
- NIH Workshop on Hepatitis B
- Entecavir in Early Clinical Trials for
Chronic HBV
- Treatments Available for Children with
HBV
- HBF Announces New Chinese Chapter on
its Website
- Message from Our New President, Dr.
Timothy Block
Fall
2000
Highlights include:
- Good Nutrition Can Enhance Liver Health
- Oral Viral Proteins
- 2000 Awards Celebration
- 1st HBF Bruce Witte Research Fellow,
Dr. Anand Mehta
Spring
2000
Highlights include:
- The Battle Against HB: The Evolution
of a Cure
- How to Enroll in Clinical Trials
- Speaking Personally...A Mother Reflects
on the Effects of Hepatitis B on Her Family
- 1st Bruce Witte Distinguished Lecturer,
Dr. Raymond Schinazi
Winter
2000
Highlights include:
- 5th Annual Princeton Workshop
- Gallery of Leaders Awards
- Newborn HBV Vaccine Update
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