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TAG and LAT CAB Welcome Indian Patent Office Decision That Could Expand Access to Hepatitis C Treatment

  • Jason Kirk

TAG and the Long-Acting Therapies Community Advisory Board (LAT CAB) welcomed a decision by the Indian Patent Office rejecting a patent application related to the hepatitis C treatment combination glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P). Advocates say the decision could help reduce barriers to generic competition, lower treatment costs, and expand access to hepatitis C treatment in low- and middle-income countries disproportionately affected by the epidemic.

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Financing Health Equity

  • Adam Ortega

The Promise and Potential of Economic Reforms for health The collapse of global health aid in 2025 revealed the fragility of health financing. Despite successes against TB and HIV in recent years, health aid from bilateral and multilateral donors has…

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TAG Public Comments for the AIDS Research Advisory Council (ARAC) Meeting, April 6, 2026: Renewing Funding for the HIV Clinical Trial Networks

  • Adam Ortega

TAG recommends that the AIDS Research Advisory Council (ARAC) endorse NIAID's continued support of a balanced and comprehensive portfolio of basic, clinical, and implementation science — including a funding opportunity to renew its four current networks: the Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections (ACTG), the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network (IMPAACT), the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) or the updated IBPTN.

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Treatment Action Group Welcomes Adam Ortega as Communications Director

  • Jason Kirk

TAG announced today the appointment of Adam Ortega as Communications Director. Adam brings experience in nonprofit marketing and public health and will lead TAG’s communications strategy to expand its reach and impact, and will deepen TAG as a leading voice in treatment advocacy, research, and community engagement on our work to end HIV, TB, and HCV as epidemics.

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TAG Condemns Latest U.S. “Forever” War in the Middle East, Calls for Reprogramming Billions from Military Aggression to Health and Research

  • Jason Kirk

TAG condemns the United States’ war in Iran and neighboring countries. At a time when U.S. investment in public health is being slashed, the Trump administration has chosen to spend billions of dollars per day on weapons used in a war of choice for which no credible rationale has been proposed. Our government should invest in our communities by spending funds that were already appropriated and illegally impounded by the White House Office of Management and Budget to keep people healthy, rather than starting new wars that put the entire world’s health at risk.

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TAG Condemns Illegal, Partisan CDC Cuts Proposed by White House

  • Jason Kirk

TAG condemns the White House’s proposed retroactive $600 million cuts to CDC programs in four states. Because Congress already appropriated these funds, the cuts are illegal and unconstitutional, threatening HIV and public health programs nationwide. Congress must reject these partisan attacks and protect public health funding.

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This Year, Our Board Saw Firsthand What We Are Up Against

  • Jason Kirk

This year revealed how far this administration is willing to go in undermining public health. The White House refused to recognize World AIDS Day. Global and domestic HIV, TB, and HCV programs were directly threatened, and many were terminated. Senior CDC leaders resigned rather than carry out political firings or oversee the degradation of national vaccine guidance. And in August, a vigilante encouraged by political rhetoric fired nearly 500 rounds into the CDC campus in Atlanta and killed a police officer. The President has still not publicly acknowledged the attack.

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