By Bryn Gay, HCV Project Director, TAG Access to medicines (A2M) activists have become better coordinated, articulate, and adept in responding to pharmaceutical industry shenanigans that threaten access to affordable medicines since the establishment of harmonized global intellectual property (IP) …
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…
This two-page brief explains TAG’s mission, gives information about TAG’s origins, describes how we work, and lists some of our many accomplishments since our founding in 1992.
I want to thank all of you for the support that enabled the successes TAG achieved this past year. Despite a challenging political climate and continued attacks against those living with or at risk of contracting HIV, tuberculosis (TB), or…
July 2018 by Bryn Gay Simpler Rapid, Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Diagnostics: Are We There Yet?1 To increase treatment rates and make a dent in the epidemic by 2030, countries need to scale up access to affordable, simple, rapid diagnostics, ensuring…
July 2018 Annette Gaudino HCV TREATMENT PIPELINE: THE DEFERRED DREAM OF TREATMENT FOR ALL Generic combinations of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), including sofosbuvir/daclatasvir show bioequivalence compared to originators with equivalent sustained virological responses (SVR). Both sofosbuvir/daclatasvir and sofosbuvir/ravidasvir demonstrate SVR rates…
