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TAG Letter to House E&C Committee Opposing “Right to Try” Bills

  • Chad Cipiti

TAG’s comments to the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, in association with its hearing, “Examining Patient Access to Investigational Drugs,” and the deliberations of H.R. 1020, the Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act of 2017, and S. 204, the Right to Try Act of 2017.

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Hepatitis C Treatment Access in Prisons: Legal and Policy Challenges

  • Chad Cipiti

On Monday, October 2, 2017, Treatment Access Group joined National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable and the Hepatitis Education Project to present this update on HCV DAA treatment access in the U.S. prison system. The webinar included information about newly available treatments,…

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HCV Pipeline: DAAs and Diagnostics in the Pangenotypic Era

  • Chad Cipiti

July 2017 By Annette Gaudino INTRODUCTION The continued development of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) against hepatitis C virus (HCV) has brought both multigenotypic and pangenotypic regimens to market, with more on the horizon. These simpler-to- prescribe regimens potentially eliminate the need…

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HIV, TB, HCV, Global Health and Research Communities Call on Congress to Protect the Fogarty International Center

  • Chad Cipiti

Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Ryan, and Democratic Leader Pelosi: We the undersigned urge Congress to reject devastating funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed under the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 “skinny budget,” released on March 16, 2017. Of grave concern is the targeted elimination of the Fogarty International Center at NIH. This indiscriminate cut jeopardizes life-saving research required to end devastating global diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS, as well as malaria, dengue, and Ebola.

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