HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe October 2012 Contents Editorial Volume 13 Number 9/10 September/October 2012 In memory Jerome Horwitz dies at 93 Supplements AIDS 2012: a non-technical review of the 19th IAS Conference Conference reports 52nd International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 9-12 September 2012, San Francisco Study summaries from ICAAC 2012 Antiviral activity in vitro with S/GSK1265744 Efavirenz interaction studies with TB compounds bedaquiline and delamanid 19th IAS World AIDS Conference, 22–25 July 2012, Washington HPTN-052: clinical advantages from earlier treatment Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition Towards an HIV cure: Early developments reported at IAS, part 2 Online video interviews between researchers and activists Antiretrovirals FDA approves Quad in US: price may prohibit UK access Merck acquires CMX157 and EFdA and starts phase 2 study for new NNRTI Roche to discontinue production of nelfinavir and saquinavir 200 mg hard capsules Treatment access FDA approval of generic ARVs Free HIV treatment in the UK for all, irrespective of residency status Robin Hood Tax begins in France Novartis case enters Indian Supreme court India: Bayer stay order against compulsory licence denied PK and drug interactions Ritonavir significantly increases exposure to colchicine (gout) Ritonavir interaction with quinine is clinically insignificant but may warrant caution Case report: fluticasone, fluconazole and ritonavir interactions Guidelines UK Standards for HIV Care online for comment (2012) HIV in England to remain as nationally commissioned specialist service US guidelines include Stribild (Quad) as alternative rather than preferred option for treatment naive adults (2012) IAS USA update adult ARV treatment guidelines (2012) Side effects Increased incidence of ischemic stroke amongst HIV positive cohort TB coinfection Costs for rapid TB test reduced by 40% Important advances in TB drug development Virology Discord controllers: characterising a new viremic controller phenotype PDFs Volume 13 Number 9/10 September/October 2012 PDF HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe