September 11, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California, today praised the California Legislature for its passage of Assembly Bill 221, which cleared the Assembly on final concurrence (61-0) today and moves on to the Governor's desk.
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September 9, 2009
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a Los Angeles-based non-profit healthcare provider, launched a campaign against Merck accusing the company of “criminal AIDS drug pricing” on Isentress. Merck recently gained an expanded use for Isentress, which is now approved as a first-line therapy. The AHF will mail mock-up “WANTED” postcards depicting Merck CEO Richard T. Clark as a criminal to residents of Whitehouse Station, NJ, where Merck is headquartered. Isentress is the first of a new class of HIV/AIDS treatments called integrase inhibitors. According to an AHF statement, the product's retail price per patient, per year, comes to $12,864, making it “the most expensive antiretroviral recommended by the US Department of Health and Human Services for therapy naive patients.” Read More...
September 9, 2009
By: Staff Writer
Arriving in mailboxes around New Jersey this week, is the flyer at right -- click to enlarge. Here is the story:
. . . .As part of its ongoing campaign to lower drug prices and increase access, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today unveiled its latest advocacy campaign challenging Merck and Co. Pharmaceuticals over the steep price of its key HIV/AIDS drug, Isentress® (raltegravir).
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September 3, 2009
As part of its ongoing campaign to lower drug prices and increase access, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today unveiled its latest advocacy campaign challenging Merck and Co. Pharmaceuticals over the steep price of its key HIV/AIDS drug, Isentress (raltegravir). Read More...
September 3, 2009
As part of its ongoing campaign to lower drug prices and increase access, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today lauded the U.S. Justice Department’s crackdown on Pfizer, inc. for its fraudulent drug marketing practices. Read More...
September 2, 2009
By: Kimi Yoshino
Saying that the Los Angeles County Public Health Department has minimized sexually transmitted diseases and HIV cases in the porn industry, AIDS activists and former adult film workers on Tuesday urged county supervisors to step up oversight of the industry. Read More...
August 31, 2009
After an outbreak of HIV in the porn industry in 2004, and a second HIV outbreak this past June that involved as many as 22 HIV-positive individuals affiliated with the industry, nearly all Los Angeles County officials—including Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, whose district (District 3) includes most of the San Fernando Valley where the $13 billion porn industry is headquartered—have said nothing on condom use in porn. Read More...
August 31, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), as successfully launched its popular Love Condoms campaign in Mexico with five events last Friday, August 28, in five cities: Cancun, Manzanillo, Mexico City, Monclova and Tijuana. The launch of this innovative, local free condom distribution, HIV/AIDS advocacy and testing campaign is part of AHFnumerous countries around the world. Read More...
August 31, 2009
Pese a estar certificados por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), autoridades hacendarias impidieron la entrada a México de 200 mil condones que se regalarían como parte de la campaña Love Condoms (Amor a los Condones), de la organización de servicios de VIH Sida más grande de Estados Unidos, Aids HealthCare Foundation (AHF). Read More...
August 31, 2009
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Mexico City government presented the campaign “Love Condoms” in an attempt to have people get rapid AIDS testing and use condoms. Read More...
