Gilead Sciences is limiting access to Truvada as a component of nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) through its patient assistance program to once in a lifetime, with hardship review criteria and processes for subsequent prescriptions that have not been clearly articulated and are likely a considerable barrier to nPEP by uninsured and underinsured U.S. residents.
TAG mourns the loss of an inspirational, tireless, catalytic leader of our movement. Dr. Krim understood the gravity of the epidemic, in its earliest and darkest days, and was driven by her own remarkable intelligence, fierce commitment to civil rights and social justice, extraordinary social and political networks, and true grit to galvanize funders, scientists, policy leaders, and activists toward a single cause: ending HIV and AIDS as a threat to humanity.
TAG participated in a hearing in Geneva, Switzerland to brief members of the Human Rights Council on human rights concerns in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
November – December 2017 Examples of media coverage: Lung cancer drug may be early clue in hunt for HIV cure – The Independent, November 30, 2017 Cancer drug offers tantalising hope for HIV cure – The Guardian, November 30, 2017…
On November 29, 2017, Treatment Action Group (TAG) hosted a webinar on suboptimal immune recovery despite HIV suppression by antiretroviral therapy. Presented by Richard Jefferys, TAG’s Basic Science, Vaccines and Cure Project Director, the webinar reviewed the possible causes and…
Now is the time to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America’s southern states. Over the past four years, innovative Ending the Epidemic (EtE) plans have emerged in several jurisdictions across the nation following New York’s 2014 announcement that it will…
TAG comments submitted to the Strategic Planning Team at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation regarding the HHS Strategic Plan FY 2018-2022. The HHS Strategic Plan should set a precedent for reducing the burden of disease nationally through its focus on access to affordable treatment, advancement of research, implementation of evidence-based interventions, expansion of populations served, and inclusion of all stakeholders.
TAG’s comments on the Divisions of AIDS (DAIDS) in advance of the recompetition of its clinical trials networks.
TAG’s comments to the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, in association with its hearing, “Examining Patient Access to Investigational Drugs,” and the deliberations of H.R. 1020, the Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act of 2017, and S. 204, the Right to Try Act of 2017.
September 27, 2017 – The effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with the antiretroviral drug combination TDF/FTC (Truvada) raises questions regarding the design and conduct of trials of other candidate biomedical HIV prevention interventions, such as vaccines, passive immunization and alternative forms…