ACRIA Update
Table of Contents, Fall 2004

• HIV Treatment and Care: From Approval to Access

• The Food and Drug Administration: The Process of Approval
  By Tim Horn

• Medicaid and Medicare: Ripping Holes in the Safety Net
  By Anne Donnelly
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• Useful Resources

• Personal Perspective: Waiting for ADAP
  By Henry E. Dendy

• The Ryan White CARE Act: AIDS is Still an Emergency
  By Robert Cordero

• AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: A Promising Start, A Shaky Future
  By Lei Chou

• ADAP Contact Numbers

• Patient Assistance Programs: Getting Free Drug from the Drug Makers
  By Brian D. Klein, M.A., L.M.S.W.

• Drug Company Patient Assistance Program Contact Numbers

• ACRIA News

• Honoring Our Heroes

• ACRIA Studies in Progress

ACRIA Update Editor in Chief J. Daniel Stricker Editor James Learned Medical Editor Jerome A. Ernst, M.D. Publications Manager Mark Milano ACRIA Board of Directors Ross Bleckner, President Donald Kotler, M.D., Vice President Vincent Wm. Gagliostro, Secretary Charles Franchino, D.C., Treasurer Marisa Cardinale Bob Colacello Douglas Dieterich, M.D. Tiffany Dubin Reinaldo Herrera Kevin Krier Adam Lippes Mark J. Montgomery Martha Nelson Maer Roshan In Memoriam Gary Bonasorte Kiki Mason David Seidner George N. Stathakis Medical Director Jerome A. Ernst, M.D. Executive Director J. Daniel Stricker

Generous Contributions

The following persons, corporations and organizations made major donations between June 16 and September 17, 2004 to support ACRIA's research and education efforts:

Alize
Banana Republic
Bristol-Myers Squibb Virology
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Inc.
Champagne Taittinger
The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation
Gilead Sciences
In Style Magazine
Jewel of Russa Vodka
Calvin Klein
Rainbow Endowment
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Louis & Rachel Rudin Foundation
Sean Kelly Gallery
Strachan & Vivian Donnelley Foundation
Until There's A Cure Foundation
W Hotels

Thoughtful donations were made in memory of the following individuals:

Barry Binkowitz
David A. Eklund
Helen Guberman
Bennie W. Krueger Jr.
Vincent Lattuca
David Seidner
Robert L. Stipe
David Tamayo
Joseph John Tamburo