A Community Update on AbbVie’s HIV Cure Research Program
This webinar was held on December 5, 2023, and provided an update on HIV cure-related research studies being conducted by the company AbbVie; the recording of the webinar is now online.
Report: TB R&D Funding Perilously Off Track of UN Commitments to End Disease by 2030
A new report released today by Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Stop TB Partnership has found that cumulative funding for tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) over the past five years is falling shockingly short of commitments.
2023 Report on TB Research Funding Trends
Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends 2005 – 2022, the 18th annual installment of our series assessing the state of TB R&D, is based on surveys of biomedical research funders conducted by TAG with support from Stop TB Partnership.
Submission on the Right to Access and Take Part in Scientific Progress
TAG is a longstanding champion of the human right to science, which we believe entitles everyone, everywhere to benefit from the best available tools to end HIV, TB, and HCV.
An Activist’s Guide to Shorter Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidelines for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), recommending a six-month cure. This guide lays out what activists need to know about the new DR-TB treatment regimens, including an overview of findings from…
Story: CRISPR-Based Cure for HIV “could be months away”
October/November 2023 Media coverage: CRISPR gene therapy appears safe, but claims of an imminent HIV cure are premature - Liz Highleyman, AIDSMap, November 3, 2023 Cure for HIV could be months away as first three patients are injected with new…
ACTIVISM DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED VICTORIES IN TB TESTING AND TREATMENT ACCESS
Three recent announcements of tuberculosis (TB) medicine and diagnostics price reductions access will enable millions more people to receive TB preventive therapy, and to be tested and treated for TB. Announced alongside the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) in September, these victories across the cascade of TB care were the result of years of targeted, spirited, and informed mobilization from the TB community.
TAG Condemns GSK Actions Surrounding Potential TB Vaccine Revealed by Bombshell ProPublica Report
TAG is appalled by the revelations set forth in Anna Marie Barry-Jester’s deeply reported investigation for ProPublica, “How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits,” published online October 4.
Beyond Intellectual Property: Why Is Generic Treatment for HCV Still So Hard to Get
By Joelle Dountio Ofimboudem and Sara Helena Gaspar Background Intellectual property is a major barrier to access to medicines worldwide because it creates corporate monopolies that restrict supply, keep prices high, and prevent people from accessing innovative health products. However,…
Misinformation and Vaccine Preparedness: The Case for Digital Advocacy
By Erin McConnell A special thanks to Abraham Johnson, for contributing to an earlier draft of this piece Hesitancy around immunization has such deep historical roots that it predates the first vaccine. Before the term “anti-vaccine” was coined in the…