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Dear Colleagues!   Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #126. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  Please share your stories, ideas and thoughts. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . WHO data estimates 325 million patients suffering from Hepatitis B or C worldwide and 1.34 million deaths due to this. Pakistan is among the highest prevalence countries. There are several causes for such a high incidence, but the underlying factors are illiteracy, lack of awareness and an attitude of ill-conceived notions of bravery and fatalism in the society. We don’t know how to protect ourselves against such viral infections and we refuse to protect us and those around us even whe...

Dear Colleagues!   Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #125. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  Please share your stories, ideas and thoughts. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Story of Ribavirin is interesting and shows how things may change and evolve over time. During the late 1970s, Ribavirin was introduced in the market by a Canadian company ICN under the brand name ‘Virazole’. ICN had few products. Virazole was indicated in viral respiratory infections such as flu, common cold. Everyone knew that these were viral problems, but everyone also knew that these problems could not be treated with any specific medication. They jokingly said if you treated comm...