ANTIRETROVIRALS
- Abbott raises price of ritonavir in the US by over 400%
- Development of T-1249 put on hold
- Tenofovir/abacavir/3TC triple-nuke fails as maintenance regimen
- New data on viral load ‘blips’ and the link to replication
- Invirase and Fortovase: new dosing regimens approved by FDA
- UK named-patient access to tipranavir
- FDA labelling changes for indinavir (Crixivan)
TREATMENT ACCESS
- Global Fund awards bring total to $2.1bn and supply ARVs to 700,000 people
- COMMENTARY: The Global Fund and treatment access in Latin America – a critical view
- COMMENTARY: China starts long march against HIV
- WHO guidelines for use of ARVs in resource-poor settings
- Millions will benefit after GSK and BI license generic manufacturers to produce AZT, lamivudine and nevirapine
- Scaling up treatment access risks damaging national health systems, says WHO/UK report
LIPODYSTROPHY AND METABOLIC COMPLICATIONS
- Importance of dietary management in treating lipid disorders: soy diet may offer comparable effect to statins
- Human histology and persistence of various injectable filler substances for soft tissue augmentation
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS
- Treating oral hairy leukoplakia with high dose valacyclovir
- Stem-cell transplants help beat lymphoma
PAEDIATRICS
- Should treatment be started in all HIV-infected newborns?
- Tenofovir levels in children approach adults values
- Study suggests paediatric dose of emtricitabine (FTC)
- HIV production in children with “undetectable” viral load
- Host genetic factors are important in disease progression in children
HEPATITIS COINFECTION
- London study finds sexual and intranasal transmission of HCV
- HCV-coinfection is associated with diabetes and CD4 decline
DIAGNOSTICS
- US approves new 10-minute HIV test
- Rapid HIV tests offer economic advantages and convenience
- Use of total lymphocyte count (TLC) for monitoring response to antiretroviral therapy
OTHER NEWS
- Controversy surrounds British health plans for visitors to the UK
- Doctors warn of death toll from silent epidemic of hepatitis C
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