Hindsight versus Foresight By Richard Jefferys While still analyzing data from the third ever AIDS vaccine efficacy trial, the field is serenaded by a chorus of opinions. On March 25, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) convened…
Not Nearly Enough By Bob Huff In the midst of a “golden age” of abundant antiretroviral treatments some worry that our “embarrasment of riches” will leave us wanting unless we continue the search for better drugs. TAG’s Antiretroviral (ARV) Pipeline…
By Bob Huff The Indian generic pharmaceutical industry, operating under Indian patent laws that permitted liberal copying of medicines, made possible the revolution in antiretroviral treatment access that has occurred in Africa since 2001. In April, 25 treatment activists from…
By Bob Huff Online webcasts make CROI (the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections) the most accessible major scientific meeting on AIDS. Webcasts are accessed through the main website at www.retroconference.org/2008. Click on View the Webcasts and Podcasts. The webcast…
Comments by Mark Harrington, executive director of Treatment Action Group, for the Ford Foundation–hosted meeting on developing a national AIDS strategy for the United States In April 2008, the Ford Foundation hosted a meeting of over 40 national AIDS leaders…
Hopes Dim for Struggling Field By Richard Jefferys Immunizations in a trial of Merck's HIV vaccine were stopped when it was determined that the vaccine was not working. There are now concerns that the vaccine may have increased the risk…
By Theo Smart and Javid Syed A TAG-sponsored forum in South Africa brought together scientists, policy makers, and community activists to discuss multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant TB and HIV and to identify steps to address the growing crisis.…
Scientists at conference examine barriers to curing HIV infection. TAG proposes a workshop in 2008 to move these efforts forward. The HIV persistence workshop is a biannual event held on the small Caribbean island of St. Maarten. The goal of…
New Surveillance Networks Needed By Tracy Swan Recent outbreaks of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) have been reported in England, France, Germany, Holland, and the United States. Many of these cases…
In March 2007, a group of community activists, many living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), gathered with researchers, doctors, regulators, and representatives from Abbott, Roche, Schering, and Tibotec, in Sitges, Spain, at a meeting held by the European…