The basics of generic medications, bioequivalence, and the push for good manufacturing practices Tim Horn Securing access to generic drugs to treat HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and tuberculosis (TB) is now one of the most prominent strategies of global…
Hello Generics: A Drug by Any Other Name; The Road to Treatment Access; Safeguarding Against Stockouts; Generics vs. the Giant
This brief review provides community recommendations for research that requires HIV-positive people to interrupt antiretroviral treatment (ART).
Scientific research into curing HIV infection has expanded significantly in recent years, gaining a much higher profile in the press. Unfortunately, media coverage of cure research can be inaccurate and tends to overhype preliminary results. The purpose of this page…
July 20, 2014 HIV, HCV, and TB Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research Toward a Cure, and Immune-Based and Gene Therapies in Development Written by Polly Clayden, Simon Collins, Colleen Daniels, Mike Frick, Mark Harrington, Tim Horn, Richard Jefferys, Karyn…
July 2014 Examples of media coverage: HIV “Cleared” in Two Australian Men after Bone-Marrow Transplants– Sydney Morning Herald, July 19, 2014 HIV Said Cleared in Two Bone Marrow Transplant Patients– Bloomberg News, July 18, 2014 Cancer Treatment Clears Two Australian Patients…
July 2014 Examples of media coverage: Researchers Find New Way to Kick Out HIV from Infected Cells– Time, July 21, 2014 Temple Researchers Snip Out Dormant HIV from Cells– Philadelphia Enquirer, July 22, 2014 Genome Editing Cuts Out HIV– Scientist, July 21,…
Treatment Action Group (TAG) applauds Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for his full support of a historic community-developed plan to end the AIDS epidemic in New York State by 2020, as announced this morning by the Governor’s office and reported in today’s edition of the New York Times (“Cuomo Plan Seeks to End New York’s AIDS Epidemic,” Anemona Hartocollis, page A18). With this bold initiative, New York State—long the epicenter of the nation’s HIV epidemic—becomes the first jurisdiction anywhere in the world to publicly declare a goal of ending AIDS as an epidemic with the launch of a comprehensive effort to end AIDS deaths and halt new infections by employing state-of-the-art testing, preventive technologies, treatment, and supportive services.
Members of ACT UP NY, along with Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Atlanta allies, will meet with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)’s HIV prevention personnel in Atlanta, GA. ACT UP will call upon the CDC to meet its commitment of keeping all Americans healthy and to act now upon the promise of TasP, PrEP, and PEP, address social and structural barriers to lifesaving prevention options, and reduce the transmission of HIV in those groups where the incidence is rising.
Little more than a decade ago, it was almost inconceivable that the issue of aging with HIV infection would emerge as an important concern.