John Le Carre describes drug industry’s ‘crimes of unbridled capitalism’ in Nation column
17 May 2001. Related: Other news.
2001
College students protest university patents on AIDS drugs
17 May 2001. Related: Other news.
AIDS care for Africa affordable
17 May 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Tony Blair sides with drug giants
17 May 2001. Related: Treatment access.
IAPAC to launch HIV training, certification program for developing world physicians
17 May 2001. Related: Other news.
Outcome of patients with discordant responses to HAART
17 May 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals, Treatment strategies.
Self-reported symptoms after starting HAART help predict adherence
17 May 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals, Side effects.
DuPont applies to FDA for approval of one-tablet, once daily formulation of efavirenz
17 May 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals.
Patient age influences CD4+ cell recovery with HAART
17 May 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals.
2nd International workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV Therapy, 2-4 April, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
17 May 2001. Related: Conference reports.
First randomised trial shows clinical benefit of TDM for people using nelfinavir or indinavir containing combinations
17 May 2001. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals.
Preliminary data from four studies of double PI regimen using once daily Fortovase plus “mini dose” ritonavir
17 May 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals, Treatment strategies.
Clinical Pharmacology of Antiretroviral Therapy, Liverpool, UK , March 2001
17 May 2001. Related: Conference reports.
HIV/HCV coinfection: amid swirling controversy the profile of a killer emerges
17 May 2001. Related: Hepatitis coinfection.
French study finds low death rate due to hepatitis C virus in HIV-positive patients
17 May 2001. Related: Hepatitis coinfection.
Cancer risk increased with AIDS
17 May 2001. Related: Coinfections and complications, Cancer and HIV.
HAART lowers CIN recurrence risk in HIV-positive women
17 May 2001. Related: Women's health, Coinfections and complications.
HIV status predicts anal dysphasia and carcinoma risk in HPV-infected individuals
17 May 2001. Related: Cancer and HIV.
Anal neoplasia grade linked with genetic changes
17 May 2001. Related: Cancer and HIV.
Fatal and severe hepatitis associated with rifampin and pyrazinamide for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection
17 May 2001. Related: TB coinfection.
Antiretroviral therapy improves measles vaccination response in HIV-infected children
17 May 2001. Related: Paediatric care.
Drug resistant HIV spreading in UK
17 May 2001. Related: Drug resistance.
South African panel recognizes HIV as cause of AIDS
17 May 2001. Related: Other news.
Volume 2 Number 4 May 2001 PDF
1 May 2001. Related: PDFs.
8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
17 April 2001. Related: Conference reports.
Paediatric treatment issues at the 8th CROI
17 April 2001. Related: Conference reports, Paediatric care, Drug resistance.
South African court battle damages drug industry’s image
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Red Cross slams drug firms over pricing policies
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Medecins Sans Frontieres urges drugs giants to drop South Africa suit
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Second Indian firm offers cut-price HIV drugs
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Yale pressed to help cut drug costs in Africa
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
GlaxoSmithKline offers 90% discount on HIV drugs to Africa
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
HIV drug prices cut for poorer countries
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Bristol-Myers Squibb offers to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at below cost
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Roche and Trimeris announce US sites and investigators for T-20 phase III study; activists want wider access to drug for sickest AIDS patients
17 April 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals, Treatment access.
European activists demand greater access to T-20
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment access.
European marketing approval granted for lopinavir/r (Kaletra)
17 April 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals.
Despite differences in viral load, men and women develop AIDS at the same rate
17 April 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
Thymic output of CD4+ cells contributes to CD4+ cell and viral load dissociation
17 April 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
HIV evolves independently in blood and CSF
17 April 2001. Related: Drug resistance.
CTLs decrease with combination antiretroviral therapy but precursor cells remain
17 April 2001. Related: Basic science and immunology.
HIV-1 strains using the CXCR4 co-receptor are suppressed with potent therapy
17 April 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals.
Interleukin-2 improves CD4+ cell counts in patients with poor immune response to HAART
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment strategies.
Roche’s valganciclovir for AIDS-related eye infections backed by FDA panel
17 April 2001. Related: Coinfections and complications.
Topical docosanol may be beneficial in treating HIV-related Kaposi’s sarcoma
17 April 2001. Related: Coinfections and complications.
AIDS-related abdominal disease does not increase surgery risk in AIDS patients
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
Risk of lipodystrophy in HIV-positive treated with PIs: a prospective cohort study
17 April 2001. Related: Side effects, Lipodystrophy and metabolic complications.
Protease inhibitor use not linked to atherosclerosis in middle-aged HIV patients
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
Efavirenz use in HIV-positive children
17 April 2001. Related: Antiretrovirals, Paediatric care.
Steatorrhea prevalent in HIV-positive children; clinical significance unclear
17 April 2001. Related: Paediatric care.
Pain common among HIV-positive individuals
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
Manifestations of syphilis similar in HIV positive and HIV negative subjects
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
HAART improves subcortical functioning in cognitively impaired HIV patients
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
Link documented between problem drinking, noncompliance with HIV treatment
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
Stress, anger bad for HIV patients’ immune system
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
Grief counselling may lower HIV viral load
17 April 2001. Related: Other news.
Use of cytokines in HIV: colony-stimulating factors, erythropoietin, and interleukin-2
17 April 2001. Related: Treatment strategies.
Volume 2 Number 3 April 2001 PDF
1 April 2001. Related: PDFs.
8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 4-8 2001, Chicago, USA
17 March 2001. Related: Conference reports.
From talk to action in fighting AIDS in the developing countries: 8th Retrovirus Conference opening session
17 March 2001. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
UNAIDS calls for new deal between pharmaceutical companies and society
17 March 2001. Related: Treatment access.
US trade action threatens Brazilian AIDS programme
17 March 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Brazil may flout trade laws to keep AIDS drugs free for patients
17 March 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Roche open to discuss patent rights of AIDS drug with Brazil
17 March 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Crusading Indian firm takes on might of Glaxo SmithKline: Cipla offers anti-HIV drugs at a fraction of rivals’ prices
17 March 2001. Related: Treatment access.