Access to Medicines Archives – Treatment Action Group

Gilead Deal to Expand Access to Lenacapavir for PrEP Falls Short

October 8, 2024
Dorrit Walsh

TAG recognizes Gilead Science’s announcement that it has issued six voluntary licenses to produce generic lenacapavir for distribution within 120 high HIV burden countries as a first step toward broadening access to this potent preventive drug for millions of people at risk of HIV.

TAG Calls for Universal Access to Innovative HCV Testing to End the Disease by 2030

July 25, 2024
Dorrit Walsh

This World Hepatitis Day, July 28, we are better positioned than ever to end hepatitis C Virus (HCV) as a pandemic.

TB Diagnostics Pipeline: New Tools & Opportunities to Improve Access to Testing

May 15, 2024
Dorrit Walsh

On May 15, 2024, TAG hosted this webinar on the TB Diagnostics Pipeline: New Tools & Opportunities to Improve Access to Testing.

Community Engagement on Microarray Patches

May 9, 2024
Dorrit Walsh

TAG hosted this May 31 webinar on the growing pipeline of microarray patches (MAPs) for various infectious diseases treatment and immunization.

1/4/6×24 Mid-Campaign Report Launch Webinar

March 27, 2024
Dorrit Walsh

On March 27, 2024, the 1/4/6x24 Campaign and the Stop TB Partnership co-hosted a webinar to launch the Campaign’s new report: Getting Better Faster: Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments.

Cover image of the publication: Getting Better Faster - Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments

Getting Better Faster: Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments – A Report from the 1/4/6×24 Campaign

March 21, 2024
Dorrit Walsh

This report marks the midway point of the 1/4/6x24 Campaign, which calls for the universal implementation of best available TB regimens — as little as one month or once weekly for TB prevention, four months for drug-susceptible TB, and six months for drug-resistant TB — by the end of 2024.

Open letter: Requesting Clarification on the Recent Deal on Generic Bedaquiline Supply

August 1, 2023
Dorrit Walsh

TAG, Partners In Health, and MSF Access Campaign sent an open letter to Johnson & Johnson requesting detailed responses to questions and concerns regarding the deal with the Global Drug Facility to supply generic bedaquiline to low- and middle-income countries that excludes South Africa, 10 EECA countries, and China.

Open Letter: Urgent Action Necessary for Equitable Access to Bedaquiline in All Countries with High Burdens of TB, MDR-TB, and TB/HIV

July 11, 2023
Dorrit Walsh

TAG and 82 other organizations and 106 individuals representing TB-affected communities and civil society sent an open letter to Johnson & Johnson calling on the company...

SMART4TB CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCES COMMUNITY PARTNERS

June 15, 2023
Dorrit Walsh

Supporting, Mobilizing, and Accelerating Research for Tuberculosis Elimination (SMART4TB) is a five-year cooperative agreement made possible by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with the assistance of the American people, that aims to transform tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care.

Why Hepatitis C Virus Care Remains Inaccessible

May 10, 2023
Dorrit Walsh

This policy brief explores barriers such as the high-burden among marginalized communities, the complicated diagnostic process, and the difficulties of finding the missing millions of people with HCV in most high-burden countries.