New Surveillance Networks Needed By Tracy Swan Recent outbreaks of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) have been reported in England, France, Germany, Holland, and the United States. Many of these cases…
In March 2007, a group of community activists, many living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), gathered with researchers, doctors, regulators, and representatives from Abbott, Roche, Schering, and Tibotec, in Sitges, Spain, at a meeting held by the European…
Excerpts from the FDA Hearings By Bob Huff There are a large number of experimental drugs now being developed to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A race is on to find new HCV drugs because millions of people may…
Drug Company $ Million Change From 2005 Notes Truvada Gilead 1,194 +210% Kaletra Abbott 1,135 +13% Combivir GlaxoSmithKline 977 -8% Reyataz Bristol-Myers Squibb 931 +34% Sustiva Bristol-Myers Squibb 791 +16% Includes $76 million related to Atripla sales Viread Gilead 689…
By Theo Smart First published February 2, 2007 on AIDSmap.com. A large multicenter study conducted in Honduras and Brazil has shown that a new and relatively simple technique to detect active tuberculosis (TB), the microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) test,…
By Robert Siliciano, MD, PhD Excerpts from testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, March 19, 2007. The United States has long been the world leader in scientific discovery, thanks largely to government policies that encourage innovation, improve education,…
More Than Just Markers By Richard Jefferys "... no longer solely of interest to academic immunologists ..." At the recent International AIDS Society conference in Sydney, Mike Lederman reminded attendees that abnormally high levels of immune activation were described in the first…
By Theo Smart "You are more invested in the DOTS model -- which has failed [to contain] multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and which is now breeding extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB -- than you are in saving lives," Mark Harrington, Executive Director…
TAG interviewed 100 institutions and documented the top 40 investors in TB R&D in 2005. Results highlighted in the report showed that new tools including diagnostics, drugs and vaccines received combined funding of $206 million in 2005 -- diagnostics, $16…
A Talk With Gavin Churchyard By Mark Harrington Professor Gavin Churchyard is the director of the Aurum Institute for Health Research, which provides health care services to many mining companies in South Africa but is also an independent health research…