By Annette Gaudino, HCV/HIV Project Co-Director, TAG Do you remember how old you were when you stopped believing in the monster under your bed? How many times did you have to look and see nothing there before you finally believed…
By Bryn Gay, HCV Project Director, TAG Access to medicines (A2M) activists have become better coordinated, articulate, and adept in responding to pharmaceutical industry shenanigans that threaten access to affordable medicines since the establishment of harmonized global intellectual property (IP) …
By JD Davids, TAGline Guest Editor and Suraj Madoori, U.S. and Global Health Policy Director, TAG As the Trump administration makes noise about the high price of pharmaceuticals while doubling down on its commitment to “protect the engine of American…
Advocates scandalized that Gilead's hepatitis C profits have raked in US$25.8 billion, which could have treated everyone while still earning US$16 billions in profits.
This two-page brief explains TAG’s mission, gives information about TAG’s origins, describes how we work, and lists some of our many accomplishments since our founding in 1992.
I want to thank all of you for the support that enabled the successes TAG achieved this past year. Despite a challenging political climate and continued attacks against those living with or at risk of contracting HIV, tuberculosis (TB), or…
The right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications is a fundamental human right and one of the central pillars of TAG's advocacy to promote TB research and access to its benefits. The right is enshrined in Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and further articulated in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
July 2018 by Bryn Gay Simpler Rapid, Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Diagnostics: Are We There Yet?1 To increase treatment rates and make a dent in the epidemic by 2030, countries need to scale up access to affordable, simple, rapid diagnostics, ensuring…
July 2018 Annette Gaudino HCV TREATMENT PIPELINE: THE DEFERRED DREAM OF TREATMENT FOR ALL Generic combinations of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), including sofosbuvir/daclatasvir show bioequivalence compared to originators with equivalent sustained virological responses (SVR). Both sofosbuvir/daclatasvir and sofosbuvir/ravidasvir demonstrate SVR rates…
In major step forward, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered on his earlier commitment to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) with today’s announcement of his intention to appoint a statewide Hepatitis C Elimination Task Force.