U.S. HIV Treatment Policy Analysis
- Report Examines Programs That Would Give HIV-Positive People Access to New Drugs Before Final Federal Approval (June 22, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - FDA Criticized for Diabetes Drug Avandia (May 22, 2007)
As this audio report explains, the news about Avandia may bring renewed scrutiny of the U.S. drug-approval process.
In Morning Edition, from National Public Radio - An Interview With Harold Jaffe, M.D. (February 27, 2007)
In Exclusive Coverage of the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - An Interview With Julie Davids (February 27, 2007)
In Exclusive Coverage of the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - 2006 Ushers in the Era of "The Medical Approach" to HIV Treatment (July/August 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network - The Down Side of Expanded Access Programs: A Site Management Perspective (January-March 2006)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Uncertain Future for Early Access? (January-March 2006)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Impact of the Second Bush Administration on National HIV/AIDS Public Policy (November/December 2004)
This analysis warns of impending danger for federal AIDS funding, the Ryan White CARE Act and healthcare access for Americans with HIV.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Discussion of Proposal for Free Access to NIH-Funded Research (October 26, 2004)
AIDS Treatment News discusses why the proposal is a step forward but far from a solution, and offers an alternative idea that may solve some remaining issues.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - AIDS Action Sends Letters to Vice Presidential Candidates Critiquing Their Comments on the Domestic HIV Epidemic (October 8, 2004)
From AIDS Action Council - President Bush on AIDS: More Questions Than Answers (June 30, 2004)
AIDS advocate John S. James offers a point-by-point critique of President Bush's June 23 speech on AIDS in Philadelphia.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - Statement of Paul A. Volberding, M.D., Board Chairman HIV Medicine Association, in Response to President Bush's HIV/AIDS Speech (June 25, 2004)
Volberding lauds the president's $20 million in emergency funding for ADAP, but cautions that it must be only the first step.
From HIV Medicine Association - Why Is IAPAC Examining AIDS Drug Access in the United States? (May 2004)
Text of a speech by IAPAC President José M. Zuniga opening an April 6, 2004 summit on HIV pharmacoeconomics in the United States.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - Allow Imported HIV/AIDS Drugs (April 23, 2004)
An op-ed article by Mubarak Dahir, editor of the Express Gay News in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
In Washington Blade - Reauthorizing the Ryan White CARE Act (March 2004)
This column from the president of IAPAC calls for healthcare professionals to get involved in the fight for more U.S. HIV treatment funding.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - The American Academy of HIV Medicine Applauds the Early Treatment for HIV Act (February 26, 2004)
From American Academy of HIV Medicine - Bringing Dawn to Night: Treatment Access in the United States (February 2004)
The developing world isn't the only place where HIV-infected people are dying from a lack of access to treatment; it happens all too often in the United States as well, writes José M. Zuniga.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - Rewriting the Script on Reagan: Why the President Ignored AIDS (November 14, 2003)
Dartmouth College instructor Michael Bronski offers a thoughtful analysis of Ronald Reagan's decision to pay so little attention to the growing AIDS epidemic during his tenure as president.
In Forward - Congressional Juggling of Medicare Drug Coverage Leaves Many in the Lurch (October 2003)
AIDS advocates' letter to Congress on AIDS patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - Letter to President Bush on Domestic HIV/AIDS Policies (October 2003)
Three prominent members of the HIV advocacy/healthcare community call on the U.S. president to rethink many of his administration's HIV/AIDS policies.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - IAPAC Condemns Senate Votes on International and Domestic Spending for HIV/AIDS (September 10, 2003)
From International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - Some Thoughts on Troubled ADAPs and Medicaid (July/August 2003)
Pharmacist Glen Pietrandoni on how the situation got this bad -- and what we can do to help fix it.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network - Editorial: Bush WHACKED or How the Right Wing's Social Agenda Is Losing the War Against AIDS (May 2003)
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure - Fuzeon Brand Enfuvirtide (T-20): Breaking Barriers or Breaking the Bank? (March 7, 2003)
A position paper from a number of prominent AIDS organizations.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - Times They Are A-Changing (January 2003)
As the treatment climate improves, the political climate grows much worse.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform - You Can't Always Get What You Want (And Sometimes You Can't Even Get What You Need) (January/February 2003)
As the HIV/AIDS funding situation in the United States grows more dire, the HIV community must do more to fight it.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - New Cancer Drugs Might Help Treat HIV -- But Research Not Done (April 12, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
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