Health insurance co-payment (co-pay) programs and patient drug assistance programs (PAPs) are critical services for thousands of U.S. residents with HIV and/or viral hepatitis who face out-of-pocket expenses associated with their treatment. The Fair Pricing Coalition (FPC) has negotiated co-pay…
Immunologic nonresponders face increased risk of illness, but lack therapeutic options By Richard Jefferys A subset of people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience limited or no recovery of CD4 T-cell counts despite achieving and maintaining undetectable viral loads. Various terms…
The push for affordable HIV treatment doesn’t end with patent expirations By Tim Horn Expiry of guidelines-preferred and -alternative first-line ARTs The United States is on course for some much-needed economic relief from the crippling cost of HIV treatment, with…
The discovery of HAART and the push for evidence-based HIV treatment By Mark Harrington This is the third in a series looking back at the first two decades of TAG’s work to speed up AIDS research. In Part I: TAG’s…
Preparing to defend and reshape a still-critical program By Coco Jervis An increasing demand for services, coupled with significant fiscal retrenchment among federal and state agencies, leaves the Ryan White HIV/AIDS CARE Act-funded program at a crossroads. But advocacy strategies…
By Mark Harrington Now in its 20th year of publication, TAGline has long sought to inform its readers and TAG supporters of the myriad research and policy challenges we face as a community in the ongoing fight against HIV and…
April 2013 On December 11–12, 2012, in Washington, D.C., Treatment Action Group (TAG) hosted a meeting of HIV advocates, service providers, and researchers from across the United States (U.S.) to review the current state of the national HIV response and…
March 6, 2013 Advances in HIV treatment research in 2010 and 2011 saw improvement in treatment regimens and strategies, and reinvigorated optimism for finding a cure. In 2012, TAG and AVAC, with financial support from UNAIDS, put forth a collaborative…
by Tim Horn Fact: If we’re going to make headway in preventing and treating non-AIDS-related health complications among people with HIV, which are very much on the rise and a serious risk to disease-free survival, we’re going to need the…