[EATG Global HIV News daily digest] Digest #212-2009

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  WHO neglected disease R&D finance group nears recommendations 
  World Policy Monday 07 December 2009
					
  
An expert working group on innovative financing for research and
development, meeting under the auspices of the World Health
Organization, held its third and final meeting last week, with a report
from the secretive group expected to be released to member states in
the coming weeks, according to sources.
  SOURCE:
Intellectual Property Watch




  EMEA to present Road Map 2015 this week 
  EMEA & FDA Monday 07 December 2009
					
  
The proposed new initiative is a continuation of the 2010 Road Map,
building on current achievements but also taking account of the
Agency’s business drivers, and has as its draft title The Agency’s
Contribution to Science, Medicines and Health.
  SOURCE:
PharmaTimes




  Comparative study on African monkeys may provide novel targets for AIDS therapy
  Basic Science Monday 07 December 2009
					
  
Two studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical
Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some
species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green monkeys
avoid AIDS when infected with SIV, the simian equivalent of HIV. 
  SOURCE:
The Medical News




  Hopes of new drugs, vaccines for tuberculosis
  Tuberculosis & Malaria Monday 07 December 2009
					
  
In Uganda, health experts are getting laboratories ready and preparing
villagers in two districts for a large clinical trial to test the
world's first experimental tuberculosis vaccine in nearly a century.
  SOURCE:
REUTERS




  Ancient HIV stowaway may hold clue to transmission
  Basic Science Monday 07 December 2009
					
  
An HIV genetic stowaway that may have come from a related cat virus
could help the AIDS virus transmit and replicate in people, U.S.
researchers reported on Sunday.
  SOURCE:
REUTERS




  Tuberculosis and HIV within prisons skyrocketing, a public health threat
  Tuberculosis & Malaria Monday 07 December 2009
					
  
Overcrowding, low access to health care, lack of political will and the
prominence of high-risk populations among prisoners all contribute to a
"perfect storm" for HIV and TB infection among prison populations
worldwide.
  SOURCE:
Aidsmap


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