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HIV drug discovery puts licensing pressure on govt

A breakthrough joint medical study on an anti-Aids drug by the US and Bangkok City Hall has highlighted the need to address again the problem with health costs and, more importantly, the politically toxic issue of compulsory licensing.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Bangkok Post
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Beyond the Hype: PrEP for People Who Inject Drugs

While the results of the Bangkok Tenofovir Study are striking, so is the difficulty of assessing the relevance of these clinical trial results for most of the world.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Huffington Post
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PrEP works for injecting drug users too

A daily tablet of tenofovir, a drug otherwise used to treat HIV infection, reduced the risk of HIV acquisition among people who inject drugs by 49% in

Published
13 June 2013
By
Roger Pebody
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New PrEP Trial Results Among Injecting Drug Users Underscore That PrEP Works When Taken Consistently; AVAC Calls for Accelerated Action to Get PrEP to Those Who Can Benefit From It

"This is the first trial to provide evidence for a prevention option that could protect against HIV infection through both sexual contact and injecting drug use—and this is an exciting finding that must be followed up. PrEP could be a powerful additional tool for some people who inject drugs,” said Mitchell Warren, AVAC executive director.

Published
13 June 2013
From
AVAC press release
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Study finds first evidence that PrEP can reduce HIV risk among people who inject drugs

A daily dose of a medication used to treat HIV infection reduced the risk of HIV acquisition among people who inject drugs by 49 percent. Those who took the medication most consistently had even higher levels of protection, according to a new study announced today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – in collaboration with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Thailand Ministry of Public Health (MOPH).

Published
13 June 2013
From
CDC press release
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Mathematical models to better combat HIV

In a paper titled "Stochastic Analysis of Pre- and Postexposure Prophylaxis against HIV Infection," authors Jessica Conway, Bernhard Konrad, and Daniel Coombs present theoretical models of HIV dynamics immediately following exposure to the virus, thus providing a method to study infection and treatment at these early stages, as well as come up with preemptive strategies for prevention.

Published
03 June 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
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Next steps for PrEP: Getting a proven prevention option to the people who need it

Men and women need new prevention options that they can—and want—to use. For some people, that is a daily oral pill. But PrEP trials have taught us that biomedical tools have to work within the complex realities of people’s lives. The challenge is finding that marriage of need and desire to suit men’s and women’s lives, and then providing access to the right products at the right time.

Published
30 May 2013
From
GMHC Treatment Issues
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Majority of Italian HIV specialists would prescribe PrEP

Seventy per cent of Italian HIV specialists who answered an online survey would prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people in their care who ask for it, at least

Published
21 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
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UK: Are you willing to take part in research that aims to reduce your risk of HIV?

PROUD is a two-year study to recruit gay and bisexual men across England, who will be placed at random into one of two groups. One group will use PrEP from the start of the study, and the other group will receive PrEP after 12 months.

Published
16 May 2013
From
PROUD study, UK Medical Research Council
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This PrEP-ed Life: Damon Jacobs on Sex and Dating in a New Era of HIV Prevention

As a licensed therapist working with people living with HIV, Damon Jacobs heard about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an HIV prevention strategy. When he found himself newly single after being out of the dating game for almost a decade, he re-entered a dating pool that was not at all condom-friendly. To deal with this, and to finally come to terms with his distaste for condoms, Damon began taking PrEP in July 2011 to stay HIV negative.

Published
14 May 2013
From
TheBody.com
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