Of the NIH AIDS Research Program Evaluation Working Group of the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) Advisory Council (the "Levine Committee") Natural History, Epidemiology, and Prevention Research Etiology and Pathogenesis Drug Discovery Vaccine Research and Development Clinical Trials Ad hoc…
Roche Requests Approval from FDA's Blood Products Committee for Its PCR Diagnostic 7/10ths a log of 'noise' On Thursday, March 21, the Food & Drug Administration convened a hearing of the Blood Products Advisory Committee to discuss marketing of Hoffmann-La…
Former ACT UP/NY Scientific Wunderkind Denounces Movement As "Messianic Utopianism" AIDS Activism as Religious Cult At a recent conference entitled "Acting on AIDS" at the Institute for Contemporary Art in London, TAG's Mark Harrington was invited to deliver the keynote…
Reported maximum average reductions in plasma RNA with selected protease inhibitor combinations (in treament naive/experienced* individuals) SQV .6 log S. Vella SQV(new formulation) 1.5 log Roche RTV 1.2-1.9 log Abbott IDV 1.2-2.0 log Merck NFV 1.5 log Markowitz SQV+AZT 1.0…
A Tale of Two Epidemics In Thailand, India and sub-Saharan Africa, 90% of the cases of HIV-1 infection are believed to have resulted from heterosexual exposure, while in the U.S. and Europe less than 10% of HIV infections have been…
FDA Approves Second Protease Inhibitor in Record Time - As Abbott Chief Warns Many to "Wait for the data" And Indinavir Makes Three Treatment activists met recently with representatives from Abbott Labs at their Abbott Park, IL headquarters in advance…
Analgesics: Demerol, Feldene, Darvon (Percodan okay) Anti-arrhythmics: Cordarone, Enkaid, Tambocor, Rythmol Antimycobacterials: Mycobutin Ca+ Channel Blockers: Vascor Anti-histamines : Hismanal, Seldane (Claritin okay) Anti-diarrheals: Propulsid Anti-depressants: Wellbutrin Neuroleptics: Clozaril Sedatives: Xanax, Tranxene, Valium, Prosom, Dalmane, Versed, Halcion, Ambien (Restoril, Ativan…
Two Drugs Might Be Better Than One for Prophylaxis of M. Avium Disease, But Are Any of Them Clarithromycin? 24-29% with resistant bugs There was a good amount of new data released early last month at the Third Conference on…
Expanded Access for Nevirapine and Delavirdine Makers of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor delavirdine and nevirapine (Viramune) have filed for regulatory approval and announced temporary programs for early access to the drugs for HIV-infected individuals with CD4 cell counts <…
Clinton, Shalala, Fleming Host Gathering of AIDS Advocates, Care Givers and People Living with HIV at Day-Long Conference Election Year Sleight of Hand? On December 6, 1995, the White House held a one-day conference on HIV and AIDS. TAG Policy…