HIV Policy & Advocacy
Medicines Patent Pool Licenses First HIV and HBV Drugs
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- Category: Drug Pricing & Patents
- Published on Monday, 18 July 2011 00:00
- Written by Press Release
UNITAID and the Medicines Patent Pool -- an initiative to make drugs more widely available at reduced cost -- announced its first pharmaceutical company agreement. Gilead Sciences licensed 4 drugs, including the popular tenofovir for treatment of HIV and hepatitis B, as well as coformulation including Truvada and the experimental Quad pill.
IAS 2011: Universal Access to Science [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, spoke Sunday, July 7, at the opening plenary and press conference of the 6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011).
U.N. Report Looks at Global HIV/AIDS Response
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- Category: Global Access
- Published on Tuesday, 05 April 2011 01:11
- Written by UNAIDS
New U.N. report finds that HIV infection have fallen by more than 25% in over 30 countries and more than 6 million people worldwide are on antiretroviral treatment, but much remains to be done.
IAS 2011: Biomedical Prevention a Watershed, Global Access Remains Elusive
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Sunday, 17 July 2011 01:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The 6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) opened Sunday with applause for recent breakthroughs in biomedical prevention of HIV transmission, coupled with acknowledgement that much remains to be done to bring the benefits of science to people with and at risk for HIV/AIDS worldwide. 
Institute of Medicine Outlines HIV Care Capacity
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- Category: HIV Policy & Advocacy
- Published on Monday, 21 March 2011 17:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
More HIV services will be needed for people identified as HIV positive through stepped-up screening, according to the Institute of Medicine.
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