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UK health services
Jeremy Hunt accused of 'grossly unfair' allocation of public health funding

London's wealthy boroughs have been given more money than poorer areas to tackle smoking and obesity

Published
19 March 2013
From
The Guardian
HIV prevention policy
Lukewarm reaction to government’s sexual health framework for England

Just two weeks before local authorities take over the commissioning of sexual health services – and twelve years since a sexual health strategy was last published –

Published
19 March 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Hepatitis B
High maternal viral load key to vertical transmission of hepatitis B

High maternal viral load is the most important factor causing maternally transmitted hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and is significantly correlated with e antigen (HBeAg) positivity, according to a prospective study from Taiwan.

Published
19 March 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Hepatitis C treatment
Roche’s Pegasys receives EU approval for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in children five years of age and older

Roche announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has expanded the approval of Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) plus ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). The new label includes children and adolescents five years of age and older, who have not received treatment and who have tested positive for the virus.

Published
19 March 2013
From
Roche press release
Cardiovascular disease
HIV increases the risk of heart attack, even in people with a suppressed viral load

Infection with HIV is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, investigators from the United States report in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine.

Published
19 March 2013
By
Michael Carter
Access to medicines and treatment
Athens urged to import generic drugs

Public health advocates are petitioning the Greek government to overturn patent protection on costly medicines and import them from low-cost generic producers to ease the burden on the country’s medical system.

Published
18 March 2013
From
Financial Times
Drug-resistant TB
World Health Organization and Global Fund cite tuberculosis threat

WHO and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said today that strains of tuberculosis with resistance to multiple drugs could spread widely and highlight an annual need of at least US$ 1.6 billion in international funding for treatment and prevention of the disease.

Published
18 March 2013
From
World Health Organization
HIV and criminal law
Swiss police arrest "healer" accused of infecting 16 with HIV

Swiss police have arrested a self-styled healer after he stopped attending a trial where he stands accused of infecting 16 people with HIV using acupuncture needles.

Published
18 March 2013
From
Reuters
Drug-resistant TB
Global Drug Facility achieves price reduction for drug-resistant TB treatments

The Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility has reduced the price of several second-line drugs it supplies for the treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) by up to 26% compared to 2011 prices, resulting in a decrease in the overall cost of treatment.

Published
18 March 2013
From
Stop TB Partnership
Pharmaceutical industry
GlaxoSmithKline boss says new drugs can be cheaper

The pharmaceutical industry should be able to charge less for new drugs in future by passing on efficiencies in research and development to its customers, according to the chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline Plc.

Published
18 March 2013
From
Reuters
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