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FDA panel backs expanded use of Pfizer HIV drug

October 8, 2009
By: Matthew Perrone

Federal health advisers said Thursday that Pfizer's HIV drug Selzentry should be approved for use by patients who have not already taken other drugs to combat the virus. Read More...

UPDATE 2-US FDA panel backs wider use of Pfizer HIV drug

October 8, 2009
By: Susan Heavey, Editing Bernard Orr and Carol Bishopric

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended Pfizer Inc (PFE - news - people)'s HIV drug Selzentry be approved for wider use in certain patients with the disease, despite concern from several panel members that they were underwhelmed by the data. Read More...

AHF Hails WHO Report on 4M in Treatment; Notes Millions Still Need Testing and Treatment

October 8, 2009
By: Ged Kenslea

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today hailed the news that four million people from low and middle income countries living with HIV/AIDS were on lifesaving antiretroviral treatment in 2008, a 36% increase over 2007. Read More...

Pfizer’s Selzentry Poised To Be Most Expensive First-Line AIDS Drug

October 8, 2009
By: Lori Yeghiayan

Responding to today’s news that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Antiviral Advisory Committee has approved Pfizer Inc.'s AIDS therapy, Selzentry (maraviroc), for use in therapy-naïve patients, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) strongly criticized Pfizer for its current pricing of the drug the at an Average Wholesale Price (AWP) of $13,767 per-patient per-year—which, if this price remains when use is expanded, would make it the most expensive first-line AIDS drug on the market. Read More...

LOVE Condoms - 5¢ Saves a Life!

October 6, 2009

To achieve ‘Global AIDS Control’, an aggressive re-integration of condoms is critical to success. The goal of the LOVE Condoms Campaign, is to scale-up to 100% access to free condoms, worldwide. Read More...

Swine Flu Vaccine Trickling In

October 6, 2009
By: WeHo News Staff

Los Angeles public health officials said last week that the first shipments of a nasal form of the H1N1 (Swine) flu vaccine should be available midweek. Read More...

Fenty Urged to Get Out Front on AIDS

October 5, 2009
By: Darryl Fears

When thousands gather for the District's annual AIDS Walk on Saturday, it will present D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty with the chance to issue an AIDS prevention call to arms to a city in the grip of a deadly epidemic. Read More...

Not Gone, But Forgotten

October 1, 2009
By: Michael Weinstein

I am sailing this week aboard the Celebrity Solstice in the Mediterranean on an Atlantis Cruise...The subject of AIDS is definitely not on the agenda. Read More...

New SF HIV Clinic Acts as Store Too

October 1, 2009
By: Holly Quan

A unique HIV clinic opened in San Francisco's Castro District Wednesday that houses medical treatment, a pharmacy and thrift store all under one roof. Read More...

San Francisco: Grand Opening of AHF “Magic Johnson” Clinic & AHF’s First All-in-One Site

September 30, 2009

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US’ largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, which provides medical care and/or services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide, is honored to announce the grand opening of the Church St. AHF “Magic Johnson” Healthcare Center, AHF’s first “all-in-one” site—and the first of its kind in the nation. In addition to the “Magic Johnson” clinic, the new facility includes an AHF Pharmacy, an “Out of the Closet” Thrift Store and free HIV testing—all in one location. Read More...

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