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Whose Intellect? Whose Property? A Blueprint for Bringing Down the Pharma IP House of Cards

December 7, 2018
Chad Cipiti

By JD Davids, TAGline Guest Editor and Suraj Madoori, U.S. and Global Health Policy Director, TAG As the Trump administration makes noise about the high price of pharmaceuticals while doubling down on its commitment to “protect the engine of American…

Activists Urge National TB Programs and Treatment Providers To Discontinue Use of Harmful Injectable Agents in TB Treatment

October 25, 2018
Chad Cipiti

Activists from around the world called on National TB Programs to discontinue routine use of harmful injectable agents in treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis, in favor of newer, safer World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended treatments.

World Health Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

February 1, 2018
Dorrit Walsh

Letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, and Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, Global TB Program Director.

TAG Responds to the Release of the World Health Organization’s 2016 Global Tuberculosis Report

October 13, 2016
Chad Cipiti

TB is a preventable, curable disease, and the dismal lack of progress against reversing the TB epidemic is unacceptable. Last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that TB had overtaken HIV as the world's leading cause of death from an infectious disease, and this year the WHO numbers show that the TB epidemic is larger than previously estimated

Ending the HIV Epidemic (ETE) in NYS

March 25, 2015
Chad Cipiti

Ending AIDS as an epidemic is not just the right thing to do for the health of New Yorkers – it’s also cost-effective. We simply can’t afford a status-quo approach to HIV.

TAG, CRAG, and TB CAB Letter Calling for Compassionate Use Program for Delamanid

December 4, 2013
Dorrit Walsh

TAG, CRAG, and the TB CAB issues urgent appeal for Otsuka to initiate its long overdue compassionate use program by the end of 2013.

Have a Heart, Save My liver!

February 14, 2013
Chad Cipiti

February 14, 2013 – Today, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, Médecins du Monde and Treatment Action Group (TAG) are launching an action urging pharmaceutical giants Merck and Roche to drop their exorbitant prices for pegylated interferon, an effective hepatitis…