Expediency, Cost-Cutting Trump Science in Peg-Intron Clinical Development Plan By Tracy Swan The Head-to-Head That Wasn't In October of 2003, Schering-Plough held a meeting with HCV and HIV/HCV advocates where they announced a "new" Schering -- one that prioritizes earning…
Glaxo Makes Aggressive Push Into Protease Market With New and Improved Amprenavir By Rob Camp and Heidi Nass Fall Harvest: Bumper Crop of New Drug Approvals in 2003 Drug Novel Mechanism? T-20 Yes atazanavir No FTC (emtricitabine) No fosamprenavir No…
What a Difference a Nucleotide Makes -- Plus IL-15's Role Is STI Outcomes By Richard Jefferys Vif Inhibitors, Anyone? It has been known for some time that an HIV protein called Vif suppresses a human cellular protein that can block…
VaxGen's Claims of Vaccine Efficacy Evanesce in Autumn's Last Light By Richard Jefferys The Bonferroni Blunder On Monday February 24th, 2003, the biotech company VaxGen publicly announced the results of the first ever phase III efficacy trial of an HIV…
Congressional Juggling of Medicare Drug Coverage Leaves Many in the Lurch Surviving the "Donut Hole" With a total of 130 local, regional and national AIDS organizations signing on, TAG included, a letter went out to House and Senate Medicare conferees…
By William E. Arnold, Mark Harrington and A. Cornelius Baker October 2003 The Honorable George W. Bush, President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: As leaders of national, regional and local organizations committed…
Doha Dance Has Health Ministries Scheming to Provide Care -- Without Pissing Off Uncle Sam By Anne Christine d'Adesky Does Paraguay Dare? Talk about your nail biter. After token concessions to agricultural subsidies and quotas, trade ministers from around the…
Antiretroviral Therapy in Latin America: North of the Southern Cone, a Good Plan Is Hard to Find By Richard Stern Seguro Social or Bust When Agua Buena's Richard Stern writes, below, about a recent trip to the AIDS hospitals and…
By Richard Stern At this point I would like to present some examples of a few "best case" scenarios of access to antiretroviral access in the region. This is by no means a complete list. Agua Buena participated in the…
Latest Licensure Breaks Records for Ho-Hum Reception, yet What Exactly Is There to Be Excited About? By Rob Camp A Co-Formulation Elation? Separated at Birth 3TC Emtriva Earlier this month, the fluoronated 3TC agent, FTC (emtricitabine, Emtriva) received FDA approval…