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The Cost of Flat Funding for Biomedical Research

  • Chad Cipiti

August 12, 2013 “The Costs of Flat Funding for Biomedical Research,” an issue brief prepared by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) in collaboration with TAG, examines the declining purchasing value of public funding for health research at the National…

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HIV i-Base/Treatment Action Group 2013 Pipeline Report calls on leaders to get the best HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and tuberculosis drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines to the most people as quickly as possible

  • Chad Cipiti
HIV i-Base and Treatment Action Group (TAG) called on global and national leaders, research sponsors, and regulatory authorities to work together to make the best HIV, HCV, and TB drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines accessible as fast as possible, according to a report released today at the 7th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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2013 Pipeline Report

  • Chad Cipiti
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 Kaplan, Erica Lessem, and Tracy Swan
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Sponsored HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Trial among Thai Injection Drug Users Marred by Lack of Response to Community Concerns

  • Chad Cipiti
On June 12, results from an efficacy trial of tenofovir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV infection in individuals with a self-reported history of injection drug use were published in the Lancet. The trial was sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and took place in Bangkok, Thailand (named the Bangkok Tenofovir Study). The publication was accompanied by a flurry of press releases and drew considerable news coverage due to the documentation of a statistically significant reduction in risk of HIV acquisition of 48.9%.
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Help Paying for HIV and Hepatitis Treatment

  • Chad Cipiti

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…

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Undetectable Is Not Always Enough

  • Chad Cipiti

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…

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Preparing for Generics

  • Chad Cipiti

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…

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Razing the House of Cards

  • Chad Cipiti

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…

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