Some individuals who initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience limited recovery of CD4 T cell numbers despite suppression of HIV viral load to undetectable levels. The most common risk factors for this type of discordant response to ART are low CD4 T cell count at the time of starting and older age.
Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) pursuit of a lawsuit against Gilead Sciences, Inc., the manufacturer of Truvada and Descovy, the only two FDA-approved pills for pre-exposure prophlyaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV.
November 2019 Examples of media coverage: Gene Tech Company Claims to Have Found a Cure for HIV/AIDS – NewNowNext, November 8, 2019 Researchers believe they’ve found the cure for HIV/AIDS – Pink News, November 8, 2019 Research Lab Believes They Have HIV/AIDS Cure – Instinct Magazine,…
In August 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation contracted TAG to undertake a survey of investigators conducting studies included in our “Research Toward a Cure” clinical trials listing, in order to obtain more detailed information about the current landscape of HIV cure-related clinical research.
On October 25, 2019, eight HIV/AIDS research, policy, and advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court, in San Francisco, CA, in support of the plaintiffs in Staley v. Gilead.
The ACT NOW: END AIDS (ANEA) coalition is seeking proposals for a new small grants program that aims to significantly increase local and state community leadership as part of the new federal Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE): A Plan for America initiative.
October 21, 2019 – The ACT NOW: END AIDS (ANEA) coalition is seeking proposals for a new small grants program that aims to significantly increase local and state community leadership as part of the new federal Ending the HIV Epidemic…
TAG laments that development for the latest oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) left out cisgender women and transgender men, but welcomes the accountability provided—albeit belated—by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rectify this inequity.
The Act Now End AIDS coalition is deeply troubled by the contents of Ben Ryan’s September 11 Guardian article “'Rick Scott had us on lockdown:' how Florida said no to $70m for HIV crisis." The article, which reflects four years of investigative journalism by Ryan with additional reporting by Noah Pransky, paints a detailed picture of how Florida’s then-governor, Rick Scott, refused Medicaid expansion and federal dollars to fight the epidemic from 2015-2017
July 2019 Examples of media coverage: For the First Time, Researchers Eliminated HIV From the Genomes of Living Animals – TIME, July 2, 2019 Scientists eliminate HIV in the entire genome of lab mice for the first time ever: Breakthrough paves the…