Features

• Letter From the Editor
  By Leslie Hanna

• Cardiovascular Disease in People With HIV
  By Liz Highleyman

• The HIV/AIDS Drug Pipeline: A Status Report
  By Nicholas Cheonis

Departments

• BETA News Briefs
  By Liz Highleyman

• The Global Epidemic
  
  • Asia and the Pacific
    By Lisa Garbus, M.P.P.
  • Mumbai Meeting Surveys AIDS in India
    By Sameera Khan

• Women and HIV
  News Briefs About Women and HIV
  By Leslie Hanna

• Open Clinical Trials for HIV/AIDS Treatments
  By Mike Donnelly

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Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS Editorial Staff: Editor: Leslie Hanna Associate Editor: Nicholas Cheonis Copy Editor: Liz Highleyman Design and Production Manager: Paula Fener Associate Director, Treatment Support and Publications: Tim Teeter, R.N. Contributors to this issue: Nicholas Cheonis, Mike Donnelly, Lisa Garbus, M.P.P., Liz Highleyman, Leslie Hanna, Sameera Khan Scientific Advisory Committee and Medical Review: Eric Goosby, M.D., Cristina Gruta, Pharm.D., Gregory Pauxtis, M.D., Tim Teeter, R.N. Photography: Photodisc.com Copyright BETA is published quarterly by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Funding provided by private and corporate donations. Copyright © 2002 by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. All rights reserved. Articles may be reproduced for free distribution with acknowledgment of BETA and the author(s); for other uses, contact the editors. Brief passages may be quoted for review. Library of Congress ISSN 1058-708X. Editorial office and mailing address: P.O. Box 426182 San Francisco, CA 94142-6182 Telephone: (415) 487-8060 Fax: (415) 487-8069 E-mail: beta@sfaf.org URL: www.sfaf.org ©2002 San Francisco AIDS Foundation