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NHS England approves dolutegravir and Triumeq and London guidelines updated for when these drugs can be prescribed…

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A definition of ChemSex, proposed by activists from 56 Dean Street and ReShape makes the essential distinction between ChemSex and recreational drugs for sex. ChemSex is NOT the same as recreational drug use. It is a specific form of recreational drug …

PrEP works. NHS access needed now. The activist group, ACT-UP London organised a community demonstration this morning to support the advisory group working on access to PrEP. Great to see support from ACT-UP, ReShape, Positively UK, i-Base,  THT and others. With 6000 people diagnosed with HIV in 2013 …

Stock-outs in the UK, conference reports from Glasgow, BHIVA and South Africa, plus the PROUD and IPERGAY studies and new UK data show urgency of PrEP access…

A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk about PrEP from a community perspective to the HIV conference in Glasgow. The talk lasts for 20 minutes with questions afterwards and is now available as a webcast on the conference website. …

Talk about PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) from the HIV Conference in Glasgow. The talk looks at the history of PrEP and a few myths. Although optimal use will be in situations where HIV risk is high, PrEP – just like TasP (Treatment …

This is a pre-press article for the November/December edition of HTB. Simon Collins, HIV i-Base Serious vision loss linked to recreational use of poppers has been reported as a case study in this weeks issue of the Lancet. The vision …

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On 29 October 2014, French and Canadian researchers announced early efficacy of a PrEP study to protect gay men from catching HIV. This has led to a change in the study design. [1] The IPERGAY study is …

At the end of last week I posted two new articles on the i-Base website. The first was an announcement about changes to the PROUD study. The second was a Q&A page about the change and about PrEP in the …

NOTE: Please see this updated information about the PROUD results and access to PROUD in the UK. https://i-base.info/uk-proud-study-to-provide-prep-earlier-than-expected The following Q&A was produced by i-Base about PrEP in the UK including recent changes to the PROUD study. Participants in the …

Important news for PrEP in the UK

More a plug for two new online videos than a blog, these links relate to a public event held in Soho a couple of weeks ago. The first video is 12 minutes long and edits interviews with five young gay …

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Reports from the 54th ICAAC and IAS 2014 conferences, newly approved drugs for HIV and hepatitis C, new UK guidelines for pregnancy and PEP, plus a potential new approach for PML…

The UK has dropped the use of protease inhibitors (PIs) in combinations for Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP). This refers to when an HIV negative person uses HIV drugs for one month immediately after a risk for HIV – usually a …

A research group I am involved with has just had a paper published in the new online publication The Lancet HIV. This paper is available free in full. [1] This is interesting for compiling results from one of the biggest …

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Ten reports from AIDS 2014, coverage from paediatric and INTEREST workshops, London guidelines, dolutegravir access in the UK, plus lots more…