HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe March 2001 Contents Conference reports 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 4-8 2001, Chicago, USA From talk to action in fighting AIDS in the developing countries: 8th Retrovirus Conference opening session Differentiating within and between drug classes: sometimes it’s toxicity, sometimes its efficacy Intermittent versus continuous HAART Viral load “blips” and eventual rebound Interaction between garlic and saquinavir and underreporting of alternative treatment use Solid organ transplant in HIV/hepatitis co-infected patients HIV and women – overview Update on HIV drug resistance Update and review of bone studies Treatment interruptions, structured and unplanned, immunotherapy and what’s in store Primary infection and treatment issues Antiretrovirals Drugs need not be stopped because of neutropenia in HIV-positive patients Capravirine clinical trials restricted: additional safety evaluation required Gilead announces start of early access program for investigational anti-HIV agent tenofovir DF in United States and France Treatment access UNAIDS calls for new deal between pharmaceutical companies and society US trade action threatens Brazilian AIDS programme Brazil may flout trade laws to keep AIDS drugs free for patients Roche open to discuss patent rights of AIDS drug with Brazil Crusading Indian firm takes on might of Glaxo SmithKline: Cipla offers anti-HIV drugs at a fraction of rivals’ prices GSK to review drug pricing policy: pharmaceuticals giant reacts to criticism over costs to poor countries Oxfam launches stinging attack on drug industry over cheap medicines ban Companies weigh offer of royalties for AIDS drugs aimed at Africa Women's health Seroconversion in Kenyan sex-workers linked with reduced HIV-specific immune response Prevalence and correlates of anaemia in a large cohort of HIV-positive women Lactic acidosis in pregnant women receiving d4T (stavudine) and ddI (didanosine): EMEA issue statement Anal HPV infection common in HIV positive and high-risk HIV negative women Pregnancy US perinatal treatment guidelines updated Paediatric care Effective antiretroviral therapy resolves HIV organ-specific complications in 3 children Guidelines First European guidelines for HIV-1 drug resistance testing (2001) US HIV treatment guidelines updated for adults and adolescents (March 2001) Side effects HIV-related fatigue relieved by psychostimulants Studies underway on metabolic side effects of antiretrovirals Plasma cysteine deficiency and decreased reduction of nitrososulfa-methoxazole with HIV Infection Other news UK to start trials of new cervical cancer vaccine Mortality from liver disease increasing in HIV-positive patients PDFs Volume 2 Number 2 March 2001 PDF HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe
