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PrEP wars: debating pre-exposure prophylaxis in the gay community

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was approved in the US in July, following trials showing its efficacy in preventing sexual transmission of HIV. But, as Gus Cairns finds out, it

Published
14 February 2013
From
HIV treatment update
Access to medicines and treatment
Have a heart, save my liver!

Today, on the occasion of Valentine’s Day, Médecins du Monde and Treatment Action Group (TAG) launch an action urging pharmaceutical giants Merck and Roche to drop their exorbitant prices for pegylated interferon, an effective hepatitis C (HCV) treatment.

Published
14 February 2013
From
HepCoalition.org
Access to medicines and treatment
Letter Shows US Pressure On Global Fund For Compulsory Licensing, Generics

A 2011 letter from the top Republican on the United States Senate Finance Committee condemned efforts by the Global Fund to train public health officials on the use of flexibilities to the patent system contained in international trade rules.

Published
14 February 2013
From
Intellectual Property Watch
Access to medicines and treatment
European Parliament votes for quicker access to generic drugs

Voting on a draft law Wednesday (6 February), the European Parliament said patients should have quicker access to cheaper generic medicines. The draft rules will require national authorities to meet new deadlines and transparency standards on pricing and reimbursement.

Published
11 February 2013
From
Euractiv
Access to medicines and treatment
UCAB: Medicines will disappear from pharmacies in Ukraine starting from the 1st of March

Today, NGOs, patients and average Ukrainians appealed to the President of Ukraine with an open letter, calling to cancel the Law № 5038-VI, which will lead to a significant increase in drug prices, and due to which some drugs will disappear from pharmacy shelves.

Published
07 February 2013
From
EATG
Access to medicines and treatment
Hep-C sufferers lose out on treatment due to dispute

Nearly 1,000 people with Hepatitis C, including more than 200 haemophiliacs, have been denied access to new hi-tech drugs because of a row between hospital pharmacists and the health service.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Irish Independent
Access to medicines and treatment
Uzbekistan Short of HIV Drugs

A shortage of retroviral medicines used to treat HIV/AIDS in Uzbekistan is being put down to the government’s policy of understating national infection rates, and hence the amount of drugs it needs to buy.

Published
31 January 2013
From
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Drug-resistant TB
Hospital exposure the source of XDR-TB infections, underlining the need for adequate infection control

Numerous hospital transmissions – rather than a single source – fuelled the outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) at Tugela Ferry, South Africa, in 2005-06, research published

Published
30 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Access to medicines and treatment
Support Inclusion of Pegylated Interferon in the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List

Civil-society groups have an important but limited opportunity to advocate for the inclusion of pegylated interferon on the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List. Deadline Mid-February!

Published
23 January 2013
From
Treatment Action Group
Access to medicines and treatment
Refugees in Canada have poorer access to health care than in refugee camps

Has the day come when access to basic health care is worse in Canada than in a refugee camp? It has, thanks to cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program. Refugee claimants from 27 designated countries of origin, announced on Dec. 15, will now be denied almost all health care services.

Published
22 January 2013
From
The Star
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