[EATG Global HIV News daily digest] Digest #23-2010

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  GeoVax Labs, Inc. begins enrollment at final site for preventative vaccine
  Prevention Monday 08 February 2010
					
  
Next step is to submit IND application for therapeutic vaccine to FDA.
  SOURCE:
GeoVax Labs, Inc.




  Putin sacks Russian drugs law critic  
  Access to treatment Monday 08 February 2010
					
  
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sacked a senior health
official for publicly criticising controversial new draft legislation
to introduce state regulation of drug pricing.
  SOURCE:
PharmaTimes




  Price rises "will drive US drug spend to $457.8 billion by 2019"  
  Access to treatment Monday 08 February 2010
					
  
US prescription drug spending is estimated to have grown 5.2% to $246.3
billion in 2009, a two percentage point rise over 2008 which was due to
increased per person usage of medicines and higher price growth for
brand-name drugs, say new government figure.
  SOURCE:
PharmaTimes




  Breakthrough research could lead to new potential treatments for malaria
  Tuberculosis & Malaria Monday 08 February 2010
					
  
"The wealth of new information arising from our extensive four-year
study is a major contribution to the worldwide effort to better
understand and treat malaria." 
  SOURCE:
The Medical News




  Less resistance with FTC than 3TC when combined with tenofovir 
  Treatment Monday 08 February 2010
					
  
Amongst patients experiencing a rebound in viral load, those taking 3TC
(lamivudine, Epivir) in combination with tenofovir (Viread) were more
likely than those taking FTC (emtricitabine, Emtriva) and tenofovir to
develop a number of key resistance mutations. 
  SOURCE:
Aidsmap


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