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Faculty
This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care provides an epidemiological and clinical overview of HCV, discusses current and emerging pharmacotherapeutic strategies for the disease, evaluates the burdens of HCV infection, and examines the new and evolving standards of care from a managed care perspective.
Yekaterina Opsha, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Clinical Specialist, Cardiovascular Medicine
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, New Jersey
Gary M. Owens, MD
President
Gary Owens Associates
Ocean View, Delaware
Monica Shah, PharmD
Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy Department
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, New Jersey
Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF, FAASLD
Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research
Liver and Obesity Research Center
Chairman
Department of Medicine
Vice President for Research
Inova Health System
Falls Church, Virginia
Editorial Support
Angela K. Kuehl, PharmD, MS
Hitt Medical Writing, LLC
Alpharetta, Georgia
Faculty Disclosures
Yekaterina Opsha, PharmD, BCPS, has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Gary M. Owens, MD, has disclosed the following relevant commercial financial relationships or affiliations in the past 12 months:
Consultant: AbbVie, Janssen, Towers Watson
Monica Shah, PharmD, has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF, FAASLD, has disclosed the following relevant commercial financial relationships or affiliations in the past 12 months:
Consultant:
AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Enterome, GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead Sciences, Intercept, Salix
Advisory board member:
Janssen, Salix, Vertex
Editorial Support
Angela K. Kuehl, PharmD, MS, has no relevant commercial financial relationships or affiliations to disclose.
The American Journal of Managed Care
Publishing Staff—Jeff D. Prescott, PharmD, RPh, and Ida Delmendo have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
University of Cincinnati
Planning Staff—Susan P. Tyler, MEd, CMP, CCMEP, Director, University of Cincinnati, has nothing to disclose.
CME Physician Reviewer—Rick Ricer, MD, University of Cincinnati, has nothing to disclose.
Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education
Planning staff—David Heckard; Steve Lin, PharmD, RPh; Donna Fausak; and Nathalie Harden have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
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According to the disclosure policy of the University of Cincinnati, all persons who are in a position to control content are required to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. If a conflict is identified, it is the responsibility of the University of Cincinnati and Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Profession Education to initiate a mechanism to resolve the conflict(s). The existence of these relationships is not viewed as implying bias or decreasing the value of the activity. All educational materials are reviewed for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies reported and levels of evidence.
Disclosure of Unapproved/Off-Label Use
The contents of this activity may include information regarding the use of products that may be inconsistent with or outside the approved labeling for these products in the United States. Participants should note that the use of these products outside current approved labeling is considered experimental and are advised to consult prescribing information for these products.
The information provided in this CE/CME activity is for continuing medical and pharmacy education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical or pharmacy judgment of a physician or pharmacist relative to diagnostic, treatment, or management options for a specific patient’s medical condition.
The opinions expressed in the content are solely those of the individual faculty members and do not reflect those of The American Journal of Managed Care, Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education, and the University of Cincinnati, or any of the companies that provided commercial support for this CE/CME activity.
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