Glossary

European Medicines Agency (EMA) – the EMA is the part of the European Union that is responsible for approving and regulating human and animal medicines and medical products.

See: www.ema.europa.eu/en

grade/grading – the grade of hepatitis infection refers to the amount of inflammation in liver tissue, found by a biopsy. It is usually measured on the Ishak scale from 1-18) where 0 is none and 18 is the maximum. See staging.

percentage (%) – a number as a proportion of 100.

qualitative (in a study) – where what is being measured either fits one of several categories, or includes descriptive results.

myocardial infarction (MI) is the medical term for a heart attack.