UK gives £15.7m to Burmese HIV project
1 June 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Treatment access
Death of South African AIDS activist fuels anger
1 June 2003. Related: Treatment access.
The City turns up the heat on drug companies to make treatment available in poorest countries
1 May 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Lancet commentary concludes that prevention and treatment in South Africa are affordable and desirable
1 May 2003. Related: Treatment access.
South Africa treatment protests go global
1 May 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Gilead to sell tenofovir at cost to 68 countries
1 May 2003. Related: Treatment access.
New advocacy coalition demands emergency funding from rich governments for Global Fund
1 May 2003. Related: Treatment access.
NIH/NIAID study of generic drugs shows results consistent with stringent manufacturing standards
1 April 2003. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals, Treatment access, PK and drug interactions.
Global Fund gives $210 million for treatment in Thailand
1 April 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Anti-HIV combination drug for Indonesia
1 April 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Indian generic drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories to launch own-brand abacavir
1 April 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Bush blocks deal allowing cheap drugs
1 April 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Roche to sell nelfinavir, saquinavir at cost to least-developed nations
1 April 2003. Related: Treatment access.
South Africa appoints another dissident
1 April 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Bush plans $15 billion budget to treat two million people and prevent seven million infections in 14 countries – but meets criticism from activists
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
The World Health Organisation must continue its work on access to medicines in developing countries
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Dr Jong-Wook Lee nominated to be WHO director-general
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
AAI Pharma access programme providing treatment for 36,000 people in Africa
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Pharmacia to launch pilot programme for expanding access to medicines in the poorest countries
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Heineken to offer antirerotviral drug coverage to African workforce
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Five pharmaceutical companies to halve antiretroviral drug prices for central America
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Patent law overrides would not expand access to drugs for low-income nations, opinion piece says
1 March 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Combination of three generic drugs in one pill meets bioequivalence criteria when compared with the branded drugs: Triomune vs d4T/3TC/NVP
1 February 2003. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals, Treatment access.
Lancet special report examines direction new WHO director general should take on several HIV/AIDS-related issues
1 February 2003. Related: Treatment access.
Europe steps in to protect discounted drugs for developing countries
1 December 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Profiteers undermine preferential pricing and make millions diverting cheap drugs sent to Africa
13 November 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Activists win court battle in campaign for generic production of ddI
13 November 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Global AIDS fund facing bankruptcy
13 November 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Excitement over anticipated approval of T-20 is balanced by fears that it will be the most expensive HIV drug yet
13 October 2002. Related: Treatment access.
GlaxoSmithKline cuts drug prices to 63 countries
13 October 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela promise to lead peer education among political leaders as world looks for $10 billion a year to fight HIV/AIDS
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
South African activist unveils campaign to force compulsory licences
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
MSF study shows treatment in resource-poor settings is effective
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
‘Barcelona Declaration’ demands 2m poor people are treated in the next two years
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Lives were lost as experts argued the merits of care versus prevention, says Stefano Vella
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Peter Piot sets out the global political agenda in the fight against HIV/AIDS
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Health should be a right, not a commodity, and medicine must be removed from the World Trade Organisation, argues key speaker
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Governments must act to cut drug prices, says Kenya’s health minister
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Civil society had to fight for universal access to AIDS drugs in Brazil
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Coalitions of local NGOs can effectively demand access to medicines, reports MSF
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Involvement of PLWHA is key to improving access to treatments
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
ART can successfully tackle advanced disease in resource poor settings, reports MSF
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Investment in treatment and care significantly reduces company health and social expenditure in Abidjan
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Financing the global response to the epidemic will cost $9.2 billion a year, according to one estimate
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
The Global Fund: what, where, how much?
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Leading businesses spurn Global Fund
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
14 Caribbean governments sign cut-price drugs agreement with six pharmaceutical companies
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Thailand offers low-cost transfer to African countries of technology for the local production of generic antiretrovirals
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Informal market plays a role in distributing antiretrovirals but exposes clients to risks
11 September 2002. Related: Conference reports, Treatment access.
Hydroxychloroquine, hydroxycarbamide, and didanosine as economic treatment for HIV-1
11 July 2002. Related: Treatment access.
US foundation bars GlaxoSmithKline representatives over AIDS drug pricing
11 July 2002. Related: Treatment access.
WHO releases guidelines for use of antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection in developing countries (2002)
11 June 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Mbeki backs down: he shuns dissidents and expands drug treatment programme
11 June 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Early access programme offers adefovir for treatment of HBV
11 June 2002. Related: Treatment access.
South Africa finds 1 billion Rand to treble HIV budget, after Mandela confronts Mbeki
10 April 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Meeting calls for NHS funding and training to provide repair treatment for people with facial lipoatrophy
10 March 2002. Related: Special reports, Treatment access, Side effects, Lipodystrophy and metabolic complications.
South African treatment activists defy patent laws to import generic antiretrovirals from Brazil
10 March 2002. Related: Treatment access.
Survey reveals pregnant Zambians support universal nevirapine treatment
9 December 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Drug companies’ spending on advertising double research and development spending in 2000
1 September 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Nigeria to launch AIDS treatment program
1 September 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Abbott Labs cuts prices on many drugs, treatments amid pricing investigation
30 July 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Yale economist introduces proposal to settle debate between pharmaceutical companies and developing nations
30 July 2001. Related: Treatment access.
Kenyan lawmakers approve bill to suspend drug patent rights and improve cheaper drug access
30 July 2001. Related: Treatment access.
South African government issues first draft of legislation allowing importation of discounted pharmaceuticals
30 July 2001. Related: Treatment access.
International aid group to begin administering AIDS drugs to small group of poor South Africans
30 July 2001. Related: Treatment access.