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Hi there sistanlaw, sorry about your diagnosis of Hep C but I have to say I find your story very puzzling.

Have I got this right, are you saying you believe that you were infected, deliberately, with both Hep C and psoriasis while participating in a clinical trial of a drug to treat Bipolar disorder?  No doubt you realise that Hep C is a blood borne virus and therefore there has to be some blood to blood contact involved in order to be infected.

It`s up to you if you want to continue in your search for others who you think are in the same situation but to be honest I think you should consider that there`s a good chance you`ve got this wrong.  ~ Jill

 



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How about I participated in a clinical trial for Bi-polar and two other people sttarted on the same day I was admitted to the inpatient study. Me and one of the other participants were told by the Doctors that we both had Hep C. I told them I use to use heroine but I never mentioned that I was not an IV drug user. I also asked my boy friend if he had it and he was not infected. The other gemtlement who was in the bi-polar study never used IV drugs and havent had sex in about 7 years. He use to weigh 600 lbs. Anothter fella from a program that I was in at the time also went into the study and they told him that he had Hep C. His thought were that he probably got it in jail from getting tatoo in there. The two people who discovered they had Hep C at the clincal trial was delighted to now qualify for the Hep C study that pays 150 dollars a day. I also ended up with a terrible case of psoriasis which is another popular clincal trial. I know in  my hear that I was given these two ailments by the study. It's there way to get participants that has been cleared through their bi-polar study. I am going to begin searching for other's who mysteriously ended up with Hep C while attending another study.



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Cinnamon Girl wrote:

Thanks for that, Stephanie, we actually have 2 forum members who were on that clinical trial and are now suffering from cardiac problems -

http://hepcfriends.activeboard.com/t50422386/inx-189-trial-participant/

~ Jill xx  smile

 Jill , Wow I did see that  some folks posted  yesterday that were jut finishing up the 7977 study.  I know with all clinical trials there are risks. Sorry I didn't realize they had dealt with cardio problems.. bummer... I hope with time and maybe heaven forbid more drugs they will be ok..

peace and love Stephanieflowerpot.gif



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I think you have a great idea about the upcoming 09/11 anniversary.  I attached a petition form which you could print to collect signatures, and other literature about Hep C that has our QR code on it.  The QR code takes you right to the petition site via your smart phone.  People can download a free app such as ShopSavvy and the scan the QR codes with their phone (see attachment for QR code). 

 I tried to attach "signature pad" but could not figure out how to do that.  Email at address below and can forward it that way.  Will also send you other Hep C literature.

Margaret Dudley

Texas HCV Coalition for "The Cure"

mdudley@sbcglobal.net



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I just signed this 7977 one  I had a thought
We are fighting for lives our young people sign up for service to defend us with their lives WE NEED TO DO THE SAME FOR US
Ceremonies for 911 are coming up   Is it possible to get some litterature and petitions to pass in the crowd  all kinds of groups do this at 911 @ the ceremonies  I'll Go   I can see the new tower from my house ( used to see the others ) I have the time to do this  any suggestions on how to start? Even the Hep C awareness literature would do   we could  have a presence there  Thank god for spell check alot of big words here
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Be sure to share this petition anyway that you can & ask everyone you know to sign as well.  We have been in touch with the World Hepatitis Alliance and have reached out to the AASLD, the FDA, US Senator John Cornyn, and many others.  But the bottom line is we have to let Gilead Sciences know that there are millions of us with this disease and we will not take NO for an answer!  This is no different than if it were the CURE FOR CANCER, the entire world would be outraged...and they should be outraged by this as well!

This is about two companies, Gilead Sciences & Bristol-Myers Squibb; two drugs, GS-7977 + daclatasvir; and one CURE for HCV - without interferon OR ribavirin!  So keep asking your family, friends, co-workers, facebook friends, etc. to sign & share this petition.  Time is of the essence and we need this cure now!

http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-please-collaborate-with-bristol-myers-for-the-cure-for-hepatitis-c-now

 

 



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Thanks for that, Stephanie, we actually have 2 forum members who were on that clinical trial and are now suffering from cardiac problems -

http://hepcfriends.activeboard.com/t50422386/inx-189-trial-participant/

~ Jill xx  smile



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Jill 

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SVR Nov 2011 --> Still UND @ EOT + 4 yrs.

 

 
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Hey Jill,

I saw this...

 

Video-Law firms represent clients affected by Bristol-Myers Squibb trial

0Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Excerpt from Sheller, P.C. website

Sheller, P.C. and Hilliard Munoz Gonzalez law firms are joining forces to represent clients affected by this trial, including the Texas patient who needs a heart transplant and the family of the patient who died of heart failure.


*This video was Published on YouTube Aug 28, 2012 by ShellerPC

Hepatitis C Drug Causes Death, Halts Clinical Trial
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Idenix: FDA Places IDX19368 Hepatitis C Treatment on Clinical Hold
IDX184-Idenix hepatitis C drug put on partial hold
BMS halts the development of BMS-986094 due to patient death

 

 
 
 
 
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Hello Margret,

I sent this to Steff aka greenqueen, I posted this on my FB and allot of my family and friends signed

this for all of us.... I have already signed this one as well. I  will continue to hustle for better treatments with

less side effects It's time for these big companies make treatments easier , more affordable  & safe...

Best of luck to us all.. thanks for sharing

MJ aka Stephanieflowerpot.gif



-- Edited by Mary Jane on Friday 31st of August 2012 11:39:04 AM

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1a - VL 22 million  F2- IL28B- CT / Inck-Riba- Peg triple therapy 9/15/12 UND 4/8/14  8 wks BT ..3/1/2013 done! 3wks Post UND
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Be sure to share this petition anyway that you can & ask everyone you know to sign as well.  We have been in touch with the World Hepatitis Alliance and have reached out to the AASLD, the FDA, US Senator John Cornyn, and many others.  But the bottom line is we have to let Gilead Sciences know that there are millions of us with this disease and we will not take NO for an answer!  This is no different than if it were the CURE FOR CANCER, the entire world would be outraged...and they should be outraged by this as well!

This is about two companies, Gilead Sciences & Bristol-Myers Squibb; two drugs, GS-7977 + daclatasvir; and one CURE for HCV - without interferon OR ribavirin!  So keep asking your family, friends, co-workers, facebook friends, etc. to sign & share this petition.  Time is of the essence and we need this cure now!

http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-please-collaborate-with-bristol-myers-for-the-cure-for-hepatitis-c-now

 



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Hi Everyone,

If the two companies can't work together, I wonder if they could sell their medicines independently and let the doctor combine the two medication to produce the solution?  That way each could price their pills as they saw fit.  This way the doctors would order 30 pills of Drug A and 30 pill of Drug B and tell the patient to take on of each every day for instance.

That seems like it would solve the problem and make everyone happy.

Thx.

Lon



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I just signed it. A cure without interferon or ribavirin is a blessing.



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Geno type 1A Started Abbott clinical trial mid Jan 2013. :-)

Viral load when I started this trial 4.75million  Went 12wks on placebo and started real meds on 4/5/13 after 1wk  on real meds 25 after UND @3wks,6wks.w00t: Done trial 6/27/13 and still UND.

 
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Hi Everyone,

We need more signatures for this!!

Steff xx

 

 



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No...the BMS trial drug  that was suspended yesterday was BMS-094 (formerly INX-189).  The petition is about BMS' daclatasvir (formerly BMS-790092) and GS-7977.  BMS-094 was Bristol's attempt to come up with something similar to the nucleotide GS-7977...and as you can see...it DID NOT happen.

There have NEVER been such successful results as those with GS-7977+daclatasvir...100% cure rate in GT1 and 91% in GT 2/3...so please SIGN the petition & ask others to do the same.  This is OUR ONLY CHANCE FOR A CURE....WITHOUT INTERFERON OR RIBAVIRIN.  Call your local newspapers, TV stations, write your congressmen, representatives, etc.  We have to make them HEAR!

http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-please-collaborate-with-bristol-myers-for-the-cure-for-hepatitis-c-now

 

If you would like or need more information, my email address is on the main page at the petition site.  Please...help us get this information out NOW...TODAY

Margaret Dudley

 



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Is this the same drug that was supposed to be in that study? http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/bristol-myers-halts-hepatitis-c-trial-as-pipeline/ed78bcd1ef9600a857b4bfec0e8e30fb

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 Hi Meghan, no it`s a different drug.  The petition refers to a collaboration between Bristol-Myers Squibb, with daclatasvir, and Gilead Sciences with their GS-7977.

The drug mentioned in your link is BMS-986094, which Bristol-Myers acquired from Inhibitex Inc earlier this year, and which it has now had to withdraw due to a "serious safety issue".  In other words, alarmingly a patient developed heart failure.

  ~  Jill xx

ps - by the way, I`ve removed your duplicate post.  smile

 

 





-- Edited by Cinnamon Girl on Friday 3rd of August 2012 06:58:02 PM

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SVR Nov 2011 --> Still UND @ EOT + 4 yrs.

 

 
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http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-a-phase-iii-collaboration-for-the-treatment-of-hepatitis-c

 

Here is the link...please sign and share it with everyone!  Thanks!



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I was reading the article and I found a few elements of the story to be somewhat encouraging. Granted Bristol and Gilead collaborating would be the most expeditious, however with Gilead pushing forward with GS-7977 and it's own version of Dactlatasvir, there could still be some great results.

Along the same vein, Bristol has it's own version of a drug similar to GS-7977. In this situation, both company's focus on profits should spur them both on even harder to win the race of finding a cure.

Ever who can get a patented cure to market, will make a lot of money.

Apparently Gilead has the HIV market covered and wants the HEP market as well.  Even though the two companies seem to not get a long, that same anomosity could drive them further and faster towards finding a 100% all oral cure for us.

 

"Gilead needs to justify that $11 billion and deliver profits and returns to its shareholders. Collaborating with Bristol would more than likely dilute Gilead's Hep C profits, which helps explain why Gilead isn't exactly thrilled to push ahead with the daclatasvir GS-7977 combination.

Instead, Gilead would prefer to combine GS-7977 with GS-5885, another drug it owns 100% that belongs to the same NS5A inhibitor class as daclatasvir. But a lot of work remains to be done on GS-5885; it may not be as safe or as effective as daclatasvir. It could also take longer for this all-Gilead combination to reach the market, which means Hep C patients in need of treatment will suffer."



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Signed.  Thx.



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done

 



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hi rich which petition whart is the link?



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Done

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First post. Copy and paste into a new tab.

-- Edited by Rich on Friday 15th of June 2012 03:04:34 AM

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Amen!  We're watching John Maher



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JUST DID!

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Petition update: 2454 people have signed...we need MANY MORE...so please keep putting this out wherever, however you can! We need to let Gilead Sciences know that the WORLD IS WATCHING! And we want this CURE NOW...without interferon OR ribavirin!

http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-a-phase-iii-collaboration-for-the-treatment-of-hepatitis-c

Best to you all!

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done.



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I signed it on 04/23.  I live in San Antonio Texas and the response has been great...over 400 people from here have signed it.  Last count we are at 1831...but we need 100,000 by mid-July.  So all who have not signed, please do so.  If you have already signed, then be sure and get others to do the same.  HEPPERS UNITE!  There is a CURE for HCV (without INF/RIB) and Gilead Sciences holds the KEY.  Make them OPEN the DOOR by signing and sharing this petition.

http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-a-phase-iii-collaboration-for-the-treatment-of-hepatitis-c#



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Unfortunately to many we are not patients, we are numbers and paychecks. I'm not talking just people with hep c but all people who need medical attention. It's sad.



-- Edited by peanutbutter on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 04:22:06 AM

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Hi Everyone, I'm still checking on all of you. It's been awile,  I am having all kinds of medical problems. I am considering a transplant but haven't signed up yet.  My bloods and things are very low and I'm taking all these pills, still don't feel better. I think all the pills are to much for my liver to filter. Nobody wants to hear my problems as everyone here has problems of their own. Just wanted to say 'Hi' and I'm still hanging around. God Bless you all and a big hug. Dee   PS. I signed the petition. WOW









-- Edited by DGiga on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 12:52:25 AM

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Thanks--I have signed and shared! It is really upsetting. I hate when profit comes before people

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Hi Iris,

I've passed this on to as many people as possible and can only suggest that people who visit other Hep C forums and websites, post it in as many places as possible. Also social networking sites.

It's disgusting, though I'm not too surprised!

Love Steff xx

 



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Hi Steff, this is NUTS!!!!!!!!!!! How can we get this to a bigger audience??????

this is beyond ridiculous, is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ALL that matters????

SCHIZER, I for one am waiting for this treatment.........help



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This is appalling! furious Please sign this petition and get your friends and email contacts to sign too!


http://www.change.org/petitions/gilead-sciences-a-phase-iii-collaboration-for-the-treatment-of-hepatitis-c

 

"Quoting from ETAG:  "The most effective new therapy for hepatitis C -- two pills that could cure nearly every patient treated -- may never see the light of day because the developers of these new medicines, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences, seem unable to work together. Apparently, profits are more important than best patient care. Best therapy combines Bristol's daclatasvir with Gilead's GS-7977. Each is a single pill administered once a day. The results from this new therapy are nothing short of spectacular -- an early cure rate of 100% for genotype 1 patients and 91% of genotype 2/3 patients, according to data from a mid-stage study announced Thursday at the European Association for the Study of Liver Disease (EASL) meeting. Amazingly, this most promising new treatment for hepatitis C patients may actually be discontinued because Bristol and Gilead can't work together. Gilead needs to justify that $11 billion and deliver profits and returns to its shareholders. Collaborating with Bristol would more than likely dilute Gilead's Hep C profits, which helps explain why Gilead isn't exactly thrilled to push ahead. Hep C patients in need of convenient and potent new cures are being hurt." Please sign this petition to urge Gilead to work with Bristol-Myers Squibb on this drug combination for the benefit of those suffering with hepatitis C."

Full ETAG Story here.

Love Steff xx

 




-- Edited by greenqueen on Thursday 3rd of May 2012 10:02:01 AM

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I signed it with tears in my eyes. I need this treatment like so many other people. They need to work together! Lots of love to all!

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Signed it for you, I was waiting on pharmasset to develop and market the tx but knowing how long that can take I went ahead and treated with victrellis for 28 weeks. Hope that will get the job done although the interferon can be tough, tx was not that bad. Hope this helps your cause and maybe one day the cure will be here.

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