AIDS Treatment News
Table of Contents, May 30, 2003

• Bush Signs Global AIDS Bill
  The new bill for global AIDS relief authorizes up to $15 billion for treatment and prevention over the next five years. We show where to find the full text of the bill -- and publish a brief comment by Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.

• HIV Nutrition Papers Published
  Dozens of experts and five government agencies prepared this collection of articles for physicians on how to incorporate nutrition into HIV medical practice.

• Atazanavir Background Documents Available
  If you want lots of background information about atazanavir (Reyataz™), a protease inhibitor likely to be approved soon, you can find it on the FDA Web site.

• First Clinical Care Options for Hepatitis, June 19-22
  For years the Clinical Care Options for HIV conference has brought together about 300 front-line HIV doctors to hear from leading experts and discuss treatment of patients. This year for the first time a similar meeting will be held on viral hepatitis.
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• Surprising Causes of Death in Texas Hospital Study: Safety Net Questions
  Pneumocystis is still one of the leading causes of death of people with HIV in at least some parts of the U.S. Such statistics can show where medical care access is working and where it is not.

• Glaxo Drug Discovery and Development Research Grants (Including Microbicides); Deadline July 31
  Grants up to $150,000 will be awarded for innovative research ideas.

• Africa: Problems Getting Antiretrovirals for Trials
  Many trials on how to best provide treatment in developing countries are on hold because nobody will donate or pay for the drugs.

• Funding Alert: Wake Up and Support WORLD
  As governments cut back, the AIDS community must fund information and advocacy or lose control of its future. We need activists who can be credible with both service providers and donors, and serve as diplomats between them.

• Huge Price Variations in Generic Drugs
  Huge, secret price variations create huge profits for the well connected, raising prices for patients and the public. One drug with an "average wholesale price" of $2.66 per pill was actually sold to pharmacies for 5 cents per pill.

• Philadelphia: June Is AIDS Education Month
  We include a short program and a Web link for full information.

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