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Pharmaceutical industry
Analysis: Drugmakers face more scrutiny of discordant U.S. prices

The world's biggest drug makers have for years enjoyed rich premiums for their medicines in the U.S. market. Those days may be coming to an end.

Published
13 May 2013
From
Reuters
Policy
Call for an EU Strategy and Action Plan on HIVAIDS after 2013

On 10 May, 199 stakeholders, including national, international NGOs, researchers, doctors, professional associations, medical society, national parliamentarians and members of the European Parliament called on the European Commission and EU leaders to re-affirm leadership and Ccmitment on HIV/AIDS, both inside and outside of the European Union as the current policy documents.

Published
13 May 2013
From
EATG
Retention and linkage to care
People more likely to keep HIV clinic appointments if they believe their care providers know them as a person

People who believe their care providers know them as a person are more likely to keep their HIV clinic appointments, research conducted in the United States and

Published
13 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Ageing and HIV
Michelangelo Signorile: The First AIDS Generation: Grappling With Why We're Alive and What It Means

I was escaping the epidemic by immersing myself in the politics and urgency of it, which seems paradoxical but really does make a lot of sense .I gave myself a special dispensation on grief and heartbreak. There was no time for grief, especially when anger and indignation was so much more empowering. Of course, what I'm painfully learning 25 years later is that you can put grief off, but you can't ever escape it.

Published
10 May 2013
From
Huffington Post
Epidemiology and behaviour
Up to a third of HIV infections in European gay men may have come from another country

A study (Frentz) that looked at genetic similarities in the HIV from recently diagnosed people in 24 European countries found that among ‘clusters’ of closely related

Published
10 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Hepatitis C treatment
Movement for global access to hepatitis C treatment building momentum

Access to hepatitis C treatment in low- and middle-income countries is being restricted by the high cost of interferon and a lack of commitment to treating the

Published
09 May 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Immigration
Queen's Speech signals a new Immigration Bill is on its way

Today we learned that Government is preparing a new Immigration Bill - despite ministers' acknowledgement that much of the detail behind the headlines is still missing. One aspect may be further restrictions on migrants' use of the NHS.

Published
08 May 2013
From
Migrants' Rights Network
Global health initiatives
Switzerland Announces Large Increase in Its 2013 Pledge to the Global Fund

Switzerland has raised its pledge to the Global Fund for 2013 from seven million Swiss francs (about $7.5 million) to 10 million Swiss francs (about $10.6 million), an increase of 43%.

Published
08 May 2013
From
Global Fund Observer
Immigration
NAT comment on the Queen's speech and the impact it could have on people living with HIV

NAT (National AIDS Trust) responds to the announcement in the Queen's Speech today that migrants will face further restrictions to accessing NHS services. The Government has provided no evidence of the 'health tourism' which the restrictions on migrant access to the NHS outlined in today's Queen's Speech are meant to address. 

Published
08 May 2013
From
NAT press release
Hepatitis C
Report highlights major failings in UK response to hepatitis C

The UK needs to “be doing so much more” in response to hepatitis C, according to a new report. Supported by a consortium of leading hepatitis C

Published
07 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
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